Bug 1548932 (CVE-2018-1000101) - CVE-2018-1000101 mingw-w64-tools: Improper null termination in stdio/[v]snprintf.c can result in memory corruption in subsequent string functions
Summary: CVE-2018-1000101 mingw-w64-tools: Improper null termination in stdio/[v]snpri...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-1000101
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1548933 1548934
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-26 03:42 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:41:17 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-26 03:42:09 UTC 
Mingw-w64 through 5.0.3 contains an Improper Null Termination vulnerability in mingw-w64-crt/stdio/[v]snprintf.c that can result in memory corruption in subsequent string functions. In certain circumstances, this could allow for exploit by a remote attacker.


Upstream Bug:

https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/709/
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-26 03:43:46 UTC 
Created mingw-w64-tools tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1548933]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1548934]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:41:17 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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