CVE-2019-18874

Publication date 12 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-psutil 19.10 eoan
Fixed 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.10.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-psutil

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4204-1
    • psutil vulnerability
    • 28 November 2019

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