VDB
CVE-2018-17942
CVE-2018-17942
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 1.75% · 82.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.800000190734863
EPSS Score
1.75%
82.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | gnulib | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html (nist-nvd)
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 (nist-nvd)
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-acac61cfd0 (circl)
- FEDORA-2020-663f619e9c (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 url
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 url
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html url
- FEDORA-2020-acac61cfd0 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-663f619e9c vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17942 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW url