CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-18936

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Mar 21, 2020 | Modified: Aug 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

UniValue::read() in UniValue before 1.0.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (the class internal data reaches an inconsistent state) via input data that triggers an error.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Univalue Bloq * 1.0.5 (excluding)
Libunivalue Ubuntu bionic *
Libunivalue Ubuntu eoan *
Libunivalue Ubuntu groovy *
Libunivalue Ubuntu hirsute *
Libunivalue Ubuntu impish *
Libunivalue Ubuntu kinetic *
Libunivalue Ubuntu lunar *
Libunivalue Ubuntu mantic *
Libunivalue Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

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