gnu gnutls CVE-2019-3829 in GNU and Fedora Project Products
Published on March 27, 2019

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A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. A memory corruption (double free) vulnerability in the certificate verification API. Any client or server application that verifies X.509 certificates with GnuTLS 3.5.8 or later is affected.

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Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2019-3829 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2019-3829

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.08%
Percentile
83.91%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.