CVE-2018-20969

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20969
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-08-16T04:15:09.860Z
Modified
2025-12-02T23:51:32.373146Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

doedscript in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.

References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3fcd042d26d70856e826a42b5f93dc4854d80bf0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json"

Git / git.savannah.gnu.org/git/patch.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/patch.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20969.json"