CVE-2019-17178
Publication date 4 October 2019
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| freerdp2 | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| freerdp | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |