CVE-2018-6951
N/A
Published: February 13, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxPatch
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6ax_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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