CriticalFix available
gettext — security advisory
An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
- Products
- gettext
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.19.8.1-9
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18751
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18751
gettext
Fixed versions: 0.19.8.1-9
gettext
Fixed versions: 0.19.8.1-9
gettext
Fixed versions: 0.19.8.1-9
Complete source record
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