01 Record

CVE-2016-10713

An issue was discovered in GNU patch before 2.7.6. Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c can possibly lead to DoS via a crafted input file.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

An issue was discovered in GNU patch before 2.7.6. Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c can possibly lead to DoS via a crafted input file.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 74.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-02-13 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:30Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-02-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

010599a7e90c5f18f00c487a35eb20a7471034ebee32af8d7d0df80e1b73e16e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

gnupatchNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3624-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3624-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3624-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/src/pch.c?id=a0d7fe4589651c64bd16ddaaa634030bb0455866x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com103063http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103063vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2033https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2033vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

patch
Fixed in 2.7.6-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

patch
Fixed in 2.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

patch
Fixed in 2.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

patch
Fixed in 2.7.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

patch
Fixed in 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

patch
Fixed in 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.