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CVE-2018-25001 — libpulse-binding

MEDIUM

CVE-2018-25001 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Use After Free vulnerability in libpulse-binding. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for libpulse-binding — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Duplicate Advisory: Use after free in libpulse-binding

Also known asGHSA-6gvc-4jvj-pwq4GHSA-f56g-chqp-22m9RUSTSEC-2018-0020
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 28, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.0%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs63th percentile — riskier than 63% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.50%1.00%1.50%0.2%1.0%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🦀libpulse-binding

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-f56g-chqp-22m9. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

An issue was discovered in the libpulse-binding crate before 2.5.0 for Rust. proplist::Iterator can cause a use-after-free.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🦀crates.iolibpulse-binding≥ 1.0.5&&< 2.5.02.5.0cargo update -p libpulse-binding --precise 2.5.0

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
libpulse-bindinglibpulse-binding_project
≥ 1.0.5 && < 2.5.0
range
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

An issue was discovered in the libpulse-binding crate before 2.5.0 for R…

rustsec.orgNVDJan 2021

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for libpulse-binding, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update libpulse-binding to 2.5.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2018-25001 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Constrain what reaches the vulnerable code: limit the size and shape of untrusted input, isolate the affected component in a sandboxed or least-privileged process, and enable the platform's memory-safety mitigations (ASLR, stack protector, hardened allocator) so an out-of-bounds access is more likely to fail closed than to be exploitable.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-f56g-chqp-22m9. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description An issue was discovered in the libpulse-binding crate before 2.5.0 for Rust. proplist::Iterator can cause a use-after-free.
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CVE-2018-25001: libpulse-binding — Fixed in 2.5.0