CVE-2016-10713

patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 13, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A heap-based out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way the patch utility parsed patch files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the patch utility by tricking it into processing crafted patch files.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read