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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2019-5293

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Some Huawei products have a memory leak vulnerability when handling some messages. A remote attacker with operation privilege could exploit the vulnerability by sending specific messages continuously. Successful exploit may cause some service to be abnormal.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published