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CVE-2018-6952

Double Free: Is CVE-2018-6952 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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public sources

Exploited in wild
Not listed
CISA KEV
Public exploit
None known
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
7.5 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
8%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-415 · Double Free
CWE

High CVSS base score, but low real-world exploitation probability (EPSS). Likely less urgent than the score implies.

scanner noise

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baseline read

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Low signal — verdict needed

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Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS

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

A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6.

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References

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation or public exploit was found for this yet. It is reachable over the network with no authentication and no user interaction, which is the most dangerous profile.

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Related CVEs

Same weakness: CWE-415 · Double Free.