VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-13420
Google gperftools 2.7 has a memory leak in malloc_extension.cc, related to MallocExtension::Register and InitModule.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Google gperftools 2.7 has a memory leak in malloc_extension.cc, related to MallocExtension::Register and InitModule. NOTE: the software maintainer indicates that this is not a bug; it is only a false-positive report from the LeakSanitizer program
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- gperftools project/gperftools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/1013Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/1013Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.