CVE-2018-17942
N/A
Published: October 3, 2018 at 08:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnulib
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35
- 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://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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