VDB
CVE-2018-17942
CVE-2018-17942
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
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 2.49% · 84.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.49%
84.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | gnulib | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Oct 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jan 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 url
- FEDORA-2020-663f619e9c vendor-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html url
- FEDORA-2020-acac61cfd0 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
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 patch