{
  "cveId": "CVE-2018-17942",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17942",
  "summary": "CVE-2018-17942 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by git-merge-changelog 20140202\u002Bstable-2\u002Bdeb8u1build0.18.04.1, released October 3, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "git-merge-changelog: The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because...",
  "description": "The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing \u0027\\0\u0027 character during %f processing.",
  "published": "2018-10-03T01:29:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "epss": 0.02494,
  "epssPercentile": 0.84764,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "git-merge-changelog",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "20140202\u002Bstable-2\u002Bdeb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "git-merge-changelog 20140202\u002Bstable-2\u002Bdeb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-git-merge-changelog-20140202-stable-2-deb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-10-03T01:29:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "gnulib",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "20140202\u002Bstable-2\u002Bdeb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "gnulib 20140202\u002Bstable-2\u002Bdeb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-gnulib-20140202-stable-2-deb8u1build0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-10-03T01:29:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T00:53:09Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}