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ALPINE-CVE-2018-6951
ALPINE-CVE-2018-6951
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.13 | patch | 2.7.6-r1, 2.7-r0, 2.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | patch | 2.7.6-r1, 2.7-r0, 2.7.5-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | patch | 2.7.3-r0, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | patch | 2.5.9-r0, 2.6-r0, 2.6.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | patch | 2.7.6-r1, 2.6-r0, 2.6.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | patch | 2.6-r0, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | patch | 2.7.6-r0, 2.7.6-r1, 2.7.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | patch | 2.6.1-r3, 2.7.6-r1, 2.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | patch | 2.7.1-r0, 2.6.1-r2, 2.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | patch | 2.7.5-r1, 2.7.5-r1, 2.7.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | patch | 2.7-r0, 2.7.1-r1, 2.6.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | patch | 2.7.5-r1, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | patch | 0, 2.7.4-r0, 2.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | patch | 2.7.5-r0, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | patch | 2.6.1-r1, 2.6-r0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | patch | 0, 2.7.6-r1, 2.7.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | patch | 2.7.6-r1, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | patch | 2.7.5-r1, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | patch | 2.7.3-r0, 0, 2.5.9-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | patch | 2.7.6-r1, 2.6.1-r3, 2.6.1-r2 |
Timeline
- Feb 13, 2018 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch