CVE-2019-13638

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78 OS Command Injections
Publication date:
26/07/2019
Last modified:
07/11/2023

Description

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:patch:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*