GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952.
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"sources": [
{
"id": "CVE-2019-20633",
"database_specific": {
"status": "Modified"
},
"published": "2020-03-25T17:15:14.013Z",
"imported": "2026-07-17T21:18:17.529Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20633",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2019-20633",
"modified": "2026-06-17T02:30:50.590Z"
}
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