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CVE-2018-19591
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-12-04T16:29:00.480 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:49:34.237

Summary

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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