CVE-2018-21028
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls...
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
- Record
CVE-2018-21028- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-772
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
- Record
CVE-2018-21028- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13550 No score
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13550- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8rr-89rm-479r
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls...
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
- Record
GHSA-w8rr-89rm-479r- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-772
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
- Record
CVE-2018-21028- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21028 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Boa, published October 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.07%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.