Name: CVE-2018-17942: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-17942, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.01675

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade gnulib	Feb 19, 2019	Oct 3, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade gnulib	Nov 19, 2024	Oct 3, 2018

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CVSS Details

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