CVE-2018-17983
cext/manifest.c in Mercurial before 4.7.2 has an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed manifest entry.
9.1CVSSCRITICAL
Description
Mercurial Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Collection
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17983
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2018-91.yaml
github.com
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/5405cb1a7901
mercurial-scm.org
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Timeline
Published
Oct 4, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024
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