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popt — security advisory
A flaw was found in popt. This vulnerability allows an attacker to provide specially crafted configuration content to a host, which, when loaded, can lead to a small memory corruption issue. This occurs because of an error in how the `poptConfigFileToString` function reallocates memory for buffers. Successful exploitation could result in heap metadata corruption, potentially causing the affected process to become unavailable (denial of service).
- Products
- popt
- Affected versions
- 1.16-10, 1.16-11, 1.16-12, 1.16-14, 1.16-7ubuntu3, 1.16-8, 1.16-8ubuntu1, 1.18-2build2, 1.18-2build3, 1.18-3, 1.18-3build1, 1.19+dfsg-1, 1.19+dfsg-1build1, 1.19+dfsg-2, 1.19+dfsg-2build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-18743
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in popt. This vulnerability allows an attacker to provide specially crafted configuration content to a host, which, when loaded, can lead to a small memory corruption issue. This occurs because of an error in how the `poptConfigFileToString` function reallocates memory for buffers. Successful exploitation could result in heap metadata corruption, potentially causing the affected process to become unavailable (denial of service).
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18743
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Complete source record
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