CVE-2018-6952

The CVE-2018-6952 entry refers to a double-free vulnerability in the function another_hunk of pch.c in GNU patch up to version 2.7.6. Exploitation could crash the patch utility or cause denial of service. Connected advisories indicate patched versions are available and advisories recommend updati...

CVE-2018-6951

GNU patch 2.7.6 and earlier contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the intu it_diff_type function (pch.c). Exploitation can cause a segmentation fault/NULL-pointer dereference. Remediation is upgrading to a patched release (e.g., 2.7.6-3 or newer as provided by distributions); upstream fix...

CVE-2016-10713

CVE-2016-10713 affects GNU patch up to version 2.7.6, with an out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line() in pch.c that can cause a DoS via a crafted patch file. Several connected advisories note fixes/patches (e.g., Oracle Linux ELSA-2019-2033, EulerOS advisories) and reference that the vulnerable ...