CVE-2018-6951

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-02-13 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30


NVD link : CVE-2018-6951

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6951

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6951


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

gnu

  • patch
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference