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title: "CVE-2019-6459\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-6459

Publication date 16 January 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6459?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in
rec\_extract\_type in rec-utils.c in librec.a.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6459?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| recutils | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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## Notes

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### [hlibk](https://launchpad.net/~hlibk)

Patches are not marked for their respective CVE fixes.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6459)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6459)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-6459)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6459)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7137-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7137-1)
+ recutils vulnerabilities
+ 4 December 2024

### Other references

* <https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6459>