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CVE-2026-18839

Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.2
Published
2026-08-05
Modified
2026-08-05
First seen
2026-08-06
Aliases
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Products
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Sources
nvd CVE-2026-18839

Description

An integer underflow was found in the popt library when formatting help text for option tables that exceed the terminal width. A local user who can cause an application to print help under those conditions may cause that application to crash or fail to display help, resulting in a denial of service of the affected application.

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