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CVE-2018-17942

high

Description

The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/

https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-10-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02119