Out-of-bounds Read Affecting mercurial package, versions <4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.97% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-MERCURIAL-311051
  • published4 Oct 2018
  • disclosed4 Oct 2018

Introduced: 4 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 mercurial to version 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.