# CVE-2020-28951: libuci in OpenWrt before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5 may encounter a use after free when using malicious package names.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

libuci in OpenWrt before 18.06.9 and 19.x before 19.07.5 may encounter a use after free when using malicious package names. This is related to uci_parse_package in file.c and uci_strdup in util.c.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/uci.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3e650911f5e6f67dcff09974df3775dfd615da6
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5625f5bc36954d644cb80adf8de47854c65d91c3
- https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/tags/v18.06.9

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