CVE-2018-6952

patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a crash

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 3, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the way the patch utility processed patch files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the patch utility by tricking it into processing crafted patches.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

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

CWE-416 · Use After Free