{"id":"CVE-2019-20633","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-20633","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:19:34.144Z","title":"GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file.","description":"GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952.","published":"2020-03-25T17:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:30:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["gnu/patch"],"epss":{"score":0.01019,"percentile":0.63126,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?56683","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?56683","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20633","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}