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google-perftools — security advisory
Google gperftools 2.7 has a memory leak in malloc_extension.cc, related to MallocExtension::Register and InitModule. NOTE: the software maintainer indicates that this is not a bug; it is only a false-positive report from the LeakSanitizer program
- Products
- google-perftools
- Affected versions
- 2.10-1, 2.11-1, 2.12-1, 2.12-2, 2.13-1, 2.15-1, 2.15-1.1, 2.15-1.1~exp1, 2.15-2, 2.15-3, 2.16-1, 2.18-1, 2.18.1-1, 2.18.1-1+alpha, 2.18.1-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-13420
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Google gperftools 2.7 has a memory leak in malloc_extension.cc, related to MallocExtension::Register and InitModule. NOTE: the software maintainer indicates that this is not a bug; it is only a false-positive report from the LeakSanitizer program
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13420
google-perftools
Fixed versions: Not specified
google-perftools
Fixed versions: Not specified
google-perftools
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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