Out-of-bounds Read Affecting mercurial package, versions <4.7.2-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Oct 2018
- disclosed4 Oct 2018
Introduced: 4 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-17983 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 mercurial to version 4.7.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mercurial package and not the mercurial package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
cext/manifest.c in Mercurial before 4.7.2 has an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed manifest entry.