Out-of-Bounds Affecting patch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PATCH-303833
  • published13 Feb 2018
  • disclosed13 Feb 2018

Introduced: 13 Feb 2018

CVE-2016-10713  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 patch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream patch package and not the patch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.