UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20540

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20540

    Published: 28 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20540

    Summary:

    Details: There is memory leak at liblas::Open (liblas/liblas.hpp) in libLAS 1.8.1.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20540, https://github.com/libLAS/libLAS/issues/158, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652612, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20540

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblas

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.0-5
    1.8.0-7
    1.8.0-7build1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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