CVE-2018-6951

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.084 · 95 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
8.36% (95th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
20 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a "mangled rename" issue.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedFirmware < 2025.0.2 installed on AXC F 1152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Update to the latest 2025.0.2 Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

  • FixedFirmware < 2025.0.2 installed on AXC F 2152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Update to the latest 2025.0.2 Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

  • FixedFirmware < 2025.0.2 installed on AXC F 3152phoenix_contact_psirt

    Update to the latest 2025.0.2 Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

  • FixedFirmware < 2025.0.2 installed on BPC 9102Sphoenix_contact_psirt

    Update to the latest 2025.0.2 Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

  • FixedFirmware < 2025.0.2 installed on RFC 4072Sphoenix_contact_psirt

    Update to the latest 2025.0.2 Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE
v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

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affected products (20)

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advisories (1)

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also known as (4)

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sources

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references (16)

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