CVE-2018-6952 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6.

Published: 2018-02-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 11.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
patch-0:2.7.1-11.el7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7	RHSA-2019:2033	2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11805.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103047
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2033
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6952
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?53133
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-17
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6952

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.12698}`	epss `{'score': 0.12995}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.16663}`	epss `{'score': 0.12698}`

Subscriptions

Gnu Patch

Redhat Enterprise Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-13T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:17:17.357Z

Reserved: 2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6952

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-13T19:29:00.573

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:28.420

Link: CVE-2018-6952

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6952 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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