CVE-2018-14621

libtirpc: Infinite loop in EMFILE case in svc_vc.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 3, 2016

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc. With the port to using poll rather than select, exhaustion of file descriptors would cause the server to enter an infinite loop, consuming a large amount of CPU time and denying service to other clients until restarted.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')