CVE-2018-18751

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Gettext
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 October 2018

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-2/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-g...
x_refsource_MISC

EPSS Score

4% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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