VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6951
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability8.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory