Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-18751
An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.013
EPSS Ranking 78.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00025.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3643
- https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/doublefree
- https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/heapcorruption
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00025.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3643
- https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/doublefree
- https://github.com/CCCCCrash/POCs/tree/master/Bin/Tools-gettext-0.19.8.1/heapcorruption
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-2/
Products affected by CVE-2018-18751
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gettext:0.19.8
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0