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Double Free

CVE-2019-20633

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-415 - Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published