CVE-2018-7869
There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
- 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
- 1.51% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- libming/libming · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.