CVE-2018-20349
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
The igraph_i_strdiff function in igraph_trie.c in igraph through 0.7.1 has an NULL pointer dereference that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted object.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.60%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 75
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-476
References
- https://github.com/igraph/igraph/issues/1141
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00038.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NCGDUNQYLSZLSGN6JJBORVFW46U3A75Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OWCGXEINKJM3JQUPVCSN4RBTRKWBTYI7/
- https://github.com/igraph/igraph/issues/1141
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00038.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NCGDUNQYLSZLSGN6JJBORVFW46U3A75Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OWCGXEINKJM3JQUPVCSN4RBTRKWBTYI7/
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