CVE-2018-1000221

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    CVE-2018-1000221

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: pkgconf version 1.5.0 to 1.5.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in dequote() that can result in dequote() function returns 1-byte allocation if initial length is 0, leading to buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted .pc file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.3.

    References: https://git.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/pkgconf/pulls/3

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    pkgconf-1.5.2
    pkgconf-1.5.1

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