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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-03T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:01:14.605Z

Reserved: 2018-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17942

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-03T08:29:00.430

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:54:34.190

Link: CVE-2018-17942

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-17942 - Bugzilla