PT-2018-9389 · Pkgconf · Pkgconf

Published 2018-08-20 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2018-1000221

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pkgconf versions 1.5.0 through 1.5.2

Description The issue is related to a Buffer Overflow in the dequote() function, which can return a 1-byte allocation if the initial length is 0, leading to a buffer overflow. This can be exploited via a specially crafted .pc file.

Recommendations For pkgconf versions 1.5.0 through 1.5.2, update to version 1.5.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000221

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11174-1

Affected Products

Pkgconf

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000221 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/pkgconf/pulls/3 · Note