Improper Input Validation Affecting emacs-mercurial package, versions <0:2.6.2-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EMACSMERCURIAL-2536593
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Jul 2018

Introduced: 6 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13346  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 emacs-mercurial to version 0:2.6.2-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2276.

NVD Description

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

The mpatch_apply function in mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 incorrectly proceeds in cases where the fragment start is past the end of the original data, aka OVE-20180430-0004.