DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17942

DEBIAN-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.

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	gnulib	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	gnulib	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	gnulib	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	gnulib	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Oct 3, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17942 advisory

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