CVE-2018-17942
gnulib - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-17942
To remediate CVE-2018-17942, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gnulib—upgrade to 20140202+stable-3.1 or later
- —upgrade to 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-17942 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 20140202+stable-3.1
- from 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 |