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CVE-2018-1000221

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

pkgconf version 1.5.0 to 1.5.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in dequote() that can result in dequote() function returns 1-byte allocation if initial length is 0, leading to buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted .pc file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.3.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Pkgconf — Pkgconf

CWEs

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