High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17942
CVE-2018-17942
Description
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.
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References
4- github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/nvd
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