OS Shell Command Injection in GNU Patch through 2.7.6 via Crafted Patch File

CVE-2019-13638 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

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