UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17983
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983
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Published
2018-10-04T23:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:03Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

cext/manifest.c in Mercurial before 4.7.2 has an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed manifest entry.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mercurial@4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.1-2
4.5-1ubuntu1
4.5.2-0ubuntu2
4.5.3-1ubuntu2
4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial",
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial-common",
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mercurial

Package

Name
mercurial
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mercurial@4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.1-2
4.5-1ubuntu1
4.5.2-0ubuntu2
4.5.3-1ubuntu2
4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1
4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial",
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mercurial-common",
            "binary_version": "4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983.json"