VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-18718
There is a double-free vulnerability in the add_themes_from_dir method in dlg-contact-sheet.c because of two successive calls of g_free, each of which frees the same buffer.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in gThumb through 3.6.2. There is a double-free vulnerability in the add_themes_from_dir method in dlg-contact-sheet.c because of two successive calls of g_free, each of which frees the same buffer.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- gnome/gthumb · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb/issues/18Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gthumb/issues/18Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.