CVE-2026-18839

low

Description

An integer underflow was found in the popt library when formatting help text for option tables that exceed the terminal width. A local user who can cause an application to print help under those conditions may cause that application to crash or fail to display help, resulting in a denial of service of the affected application.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511010

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18839

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-05

Updated: 2026-08-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 2.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00084