CVE Vulnerability

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 '' character during %f processing.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html Exploit Mailing List
https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnulib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-03 08:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-17942

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17942

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787