CVE-2018-17942
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.7%gnulib - security update
Published: 10/3/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17942
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/gnulibfrom 0, < 20140202+stable-3.1
- Debian/gnulibfrom 0, < 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |