Out-of-bounds Write Affecting emacs-mercurial-el package, versions <0:2.6.2-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACSMERCURIALEL-2144517
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Jun 2018

Introduced: 6 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-13347  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 emacs-mercurial-el to version 0:2.6.2-10.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-mercurial-el package and not the emacs-mercurial-el package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 mishandles integer addition and subtraction, aka OVE-20180430-0002.