UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18751

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18751

    Published: 29 Oct 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18751

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18751, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3815-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3815-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18751

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gettext

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3.1

    Affected versions

    0.18.1.1-10ubuntu3
    0.18.3.1-1ubuntu1
    0.18.3.1-1ubuntu2
    0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High