An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
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Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.
February 13, 2018
November 21, 2024
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | patch (2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
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An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault associated with a NULL pointer dereference leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c aka a "mangled rename" issue.
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