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    CVE-2018-17942

    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.

    Published:Sep 19, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 3, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.01838
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Gnulib

    Exploits

    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.htmlhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.htmlhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    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
    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

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