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CVE-2018-19797 json

In LibSass 3.5.5, a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function Sass::Selector_List::populate_extends in SharedPtr.hpp (used by ast.cpp and as…

published 7y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2018-11476 , JLSEC-2026-501

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In LibSass 3.5.5, a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function Sass::Selector_List::populate_extends in SharedPtr.hpp (used by ast.cpp and ast_selectors.cpp) may cause a Denial of Service (application crash) via a crafted sass input file.

Patch / fix

  • julia libsass_jll 3.6.4+0
  • libsass Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19797

  • libsass Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.4.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19797

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libsass Package Hub 15 SP1 3.6.1-bp151.4.3.1
  • libsass Package Hub 15 3.6.1-bp150.3.3.1
  • libsass openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.6.1-lp151.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1883-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1800-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1791-1

  • reaper CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.1.1-21

azure linux advisories AZL-70994

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-19797 updated cvss 3.3

libsass: NULL pointer dereference in Sass::Selector_List::populate_extends function resulting in a denial of service

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia libsass_jll
<3.6.4+0
3.6.4+0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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