CVEs
Every published CVE. Without a filter the list holds those exploited, with a public check, or likely to be exploited; pick a year and month or a vendor for the rest.
| CVE | Vendor · product | Exploitation | CVSS | EPSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-1395Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of t… | Gnu · Patch | Likely | – | 11% | 2017-08-25 |
| CVE-2018-6951An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_ty… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 8.4% | 2018-02-13 |
| CVE-2018-6952A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6. | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 8.2% | 2018-02-13 |
| CVE-2015-1196GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 6.1% | 2015-01-21 |
| CVE-2018-1000156GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_PROGRAM invocation (using ed) can result in code execution.… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 5.3% | 2018-04-06 |
| CVE-2019-13638GNU 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 metacha… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 4.5% | 2019-07-26 |
| CVE-2019-13636In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c. | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 3.9% | 2019-07-17 |
| CVE-2015-1396A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exi… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 3.3% | 2019-11-25 |
| CVE-2018-20969do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is spec… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 2.7% | 2019-08-16 |
| CVE-2014-9637GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file. | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 2.4% | 2017-08-25 |
| CVE-2016-10713An issue was discovered in GNU patch before 2.7.6. Out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c can possibly lead to DoS via a crafted input file. | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 1.6% | 2018-02-13 |
| CVE-2019-20633GNU 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.… | Gnu · Patch | Possible | – | 1.0% | 2020-03-25 |
| CVE-2021-45261An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service. | Gnu · Patch | Unlikely | – | 0.8% | 2021-12-22 |
| CVE-2026-56289Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in GNU patch | GNU · patch | Unlikely | 4.6 | 0.1% | 2026-07-09 |
| CVE-2026-56288NULL Pointer Dereference in GNU patch | GNU · patch | Unlikely | 4.6 | 0.1% | 2026-07-09 |
Exploitation: exploited (CISA KEV), a public nuclei check, then EPSS: likely 10% or more, possible 1 to 10%, unlikely under 1%. Data as of 2026-11-15.