CVE-2018-18751
N/A
Published: October 28, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:47 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise LinuxGettext
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00061.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00065.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3643x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/doublefreex_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/heapcorruptionVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-2/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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