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CVE-2018-17942
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-10-03T08:29:00.430 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:46:34.520

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — gnulib

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References

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