6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.4%
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.
github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-17942
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17942
savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17942
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17942
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.4%