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CVE-2018-17942

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.49% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2018-17942
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.49%

Original NVD Description

The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing.

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