CVE catalog
CVE-2018-17983
mercurial: CVE-2018-17983
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.97% · Oct 25, 2026
cext/manifest.c in Mercurial before 4.7.2 has an out-of-bounds read during parsing of a malformed manifest entry.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mercurial | sid | 7.2.4-2 | fixed |
| Debian | mercurial | forky | 7.2.4-2 | fixed |
| Debian | mercurial | trixie | 7.0.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | mercurial | bookworm | 6.3.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | mercurial | bookworm-security | 6.3.2-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.4-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.6.2-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | pro | 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2+esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.3.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.2-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.3.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.2-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 | fixed |
| Suse | mercurial | linux enterprise module for development tools 15 | 4.5.2-3.6.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mercurial | source | sid | 4.7.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mercurial | source | forky | 4.7.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mercurial | source | trixie | 4.7.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mercurial | source | bookworm | 4.7.2-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | deb | pro | 3.7.3-1ubuntu1.2+esm2 | Not reported | USN-5102-2 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | deb | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mercurial | deb | 18.04 | 4.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 | Not reported | USN-5102-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mercurial | rpm | linux enterprise module for development tools 15 | 4.5.2-3.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:3430-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [mercurial]Fixed
Details (4)
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
- [mercurial-common]Fixed
Source package: [mercurial]
Details (4)
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
6.3.2-1+deb12u1· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · bookworm; dsa · mercurial · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [mercurial]Fixed
Details (2)
7.0.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · 13
7.0.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · 13
- [mercurial-common]Fixed
Source package: [mercurial]
Details (2)
7.0.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · 13
7.0.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.7.2-1dsa · mercurial · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_3430-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17983]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3430-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17983]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5102-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5102-2]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17983]
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