VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-6459
There is a memory leak in rec_extract_type in rec-utils.c in librec.a.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_extract_type in rec-utils.c in librec.a.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.29% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- gnu/recutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 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://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutilsExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutilsExploit, Third Party Advisory
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