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Use After Free

CVE-2018-25028

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the libpulse-binding crate before 1.2.1 for Rust. get_context can cause a use-after-free.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published