High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-13420
CVE-2018-13420
Description
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
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Affected products
3=2.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =2.7
- (no CPE)range: gperftools-2.1.90, gperftools-2.2, gperftools-2.2.1, …
- cpe:2.3:a:gperftools_project:gperftools:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- github.com/gperftools/gperftools/issues/1013nvdThird Party Advisory
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