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CVE-2016-10713

Published: 13 February 2018

An issue was discovered in GNU patch before 2.7.6. Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c can possibly lead to DoS via a crafted input file.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
patch
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2.7.5-1ubuntu0.2)
trusty
Released (2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/src/pch.c?id=a0d7fe4589651c64bd16ddaaa634030bb0455866

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H