Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : GNU diffutils vulnerability (USN-8692-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8692-1 advisory. It was discovered that GNU diffutils incorrectly handled certain integer arithmetic when...

USN-8692-1 diffutils vulnerability

It was discovered that GNU diffutils incorrectly handled certain integer arithmetic when mapping line ranges in diff3. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause diff3 to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-8692-1: GNU diffutils vulnerability

It was discovered that GNU diffutils incorrectly handled certain integer arithmetic when mapping line ranges in diff3. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause diff3 to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

OESA-2026-3444 diffutils security update

GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files. Security Fixes: diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line rang...

OESA-2026-3344 diffutils security update

GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files. Security Fixes: diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line rang...

OESA-2026-3343 diffutils security update

GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files. Security Fixes: diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line rang...

OESA-2026-3342 diffutils security update

GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files. Security Fixes: diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line rang...

OESA-2026-3341 diffutils security update

GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files. Security Fixes: diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line rang...

CVE-2026-53910

A flaw was found in the diff3 program in the diffutils package. When processing specially crafted diff output, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur due to multiple signed integer overflows in line-mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values...

SUSE CVE-2026-53910

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line-mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-53910

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heapbased buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in linemapping calculations. Incorrect...

diffutils: heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations

A flaw was found in the diff3 program in the diffutils package. When processing specially crafted diff output, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur due to multiple signed integer overflows in line-mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53910

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

CVE-2026-53910

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

CVE-2026-53910

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

CVE-2026-53910 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GNU diffutils

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

CVE-2026-53910 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GNU diffutils

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

CVE-2026-53910

The CVE concerns the diff3 component of GNU diffutils, which is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow caused by multiple signed integer overflows during line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic can yield too‑small memory allocations and out‑of‑bounds writes while processing crafted di...

CVE-2026-53910

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...

EUVD-2026-47695

diff3 tool from GNU diffutils is vulnerable to a heap‑based buffer overflow due to multiple signed integer overflows in line‑mapping calculations. Incorrect arithmetic in mapping line ranges can result in corrupted values being used for memory allocation and loop bounds. When processing crafted...