CVE-2018-1000156
HIGH7.8EPSS 36.8%patch - security update
Published: 4/6/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via a patch file processed via the patch utility. This is similar to FreeBSD's CVE-2015-1418 however although they share a common ancestry the code bases have diverged over time.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/patchfrom 0, < 2.7.6-r6
- Debian/patchfrom 0, < 2.7.6-2
- Debian/patchfrom 0, < 2.6.1-3+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |