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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 93%
VendorProductVersion
gnupatch
𝑥
≤ 2.7.6
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
17.10
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
patch
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
patch
artful
Fixed 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.2
released
xenial
Fixed 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
released
trusty
Fixed 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103044
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=f290f48a621867084884bfff87f8093c15195e6a
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53132
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/