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CVE-2019-17178
Published:October 04, 2019
Updated:July 21, 2026
HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.
Related Resources (5)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17178
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-401
Unchecked Return Value
CWE-252
EPSS
Base Score:
2.58