CVE-2018-19591

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20CWE-404

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 4, 2018
Last modified
Oct 14, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-19591: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix