CVE-2016-10713: gnu patch

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10713 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in gnu patch. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-02-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.