VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-17942
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory