CVE-2018-17942
CVE-2018-17942
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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.
CVSS 8.8 · High · EPSS 2.5% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
gnulib Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 20140202+stable-3.1
Update to 20140202+stable-3.1
gnulib Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 20140202+stable-3.1
Update to 20140202+stable-3.1
gnulib Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 20140202+stable-3.1
Update to 20140202+stable-3.1
gnulib Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140202+stable-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Update to 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
gnulib Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140202+stable-2
- 20140202+stable-2build1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1build0.18.04.1
Update to 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1build0.18.04.1
Original sources
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17942