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CVE-2026-18743

LOW CVSS: 2.5 Published: 2026-09-01 Modified: 2026-09-01

Description

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).

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-131

References