UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19198

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19198

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19198

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.0. UriQuery.c allows an out-of-bounds write via a uriComposeQuery* or uriComposeQueryEx* function because the '&' character is mishandled in certain contexts.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19198, https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/commit/864f5d4c127def386dd5cc926ad96934b297f04e, https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/blob/uriparser-0.9.0/ChangeLog, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5172-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19198, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5172-2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: uriparser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.7.5-1ubuntu2+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.7.5-1
    0.7.5-1ubuntu1
    0.7.5-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High