VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-18874
psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.52% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- psutil project/psutil
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/pull/1616Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7QI7MOTZTFXQYU23CP3RAWXCERMOAS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLETTJYZL2SMBUI4Q2NGBMGPDPP54SRG/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4204-1/
- https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/pull/1616Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7QI7MOTZTFXQYU23CP3RAWXCERMOAS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLETTJYZL2SMBUI4Q2NGBMGPDPP54SRG/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4204-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.