CVE-2026-18739 - Popt-devel: popt-static: off-by-one in poptstuffargs

CVE-2026-18739 - Popt-devel: popt-static: off-by-one in poptstuffargs

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-18739
Published : Aug. 4, 2026, 6:16 a.m. | 37 minutes ago
Description :A flaw was found in popt, a command-line option parsing library. An off-by-one error in the poptStuffArgs function, when repeatedly called by a host application or through deep alias nesting, can lead to corruption of internal program data. This corruption could potentially enable a local attacker to execute arbitrary code if the host application then unsafely processes the altered data.
Severity: 2.5 | LOW
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