CVE-2018-17942
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-17942 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-10-03 08:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:54:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-787
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gnulib-0-31.20200107git.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists | lists.fedoraproject.org | ||
| vasnprintf: Fix heap memory overrun bug. · coreutils/gnulib@278b417 · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gnulib-0-31.20200107git.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists | FEDORA | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| PSPP - Bugs: bug #54686, heap-buffer-overflow in csv driver... [Savannah] | MISC | savannah.gnu.org | Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
| write past end of buffer in vasnprintf() implementation of %f | MISC | lists.gnu.org | Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: gnulib-0-31.20200107git.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists | FEDORA | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: gnulib-0-31.20200107git.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists | lists.fedoraproject.org | ||
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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