CVE-2018-6951
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 46.1%
Description
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
How to fix CVE-2018-6951
To remediate CVE-2018-6951, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/patch—upgrade to 2.7.6-r2 or later
- Debian/patch—no fix listed
Is CVE-2018-6951 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 46.1%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.7.6-r2
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |