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CVE-2019-18182

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in conf.c in the download_with_xfercommand() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable a non-default XferCommand and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and package.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS3.67% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-78
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2020-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
fedoraprojectfedora
pacman projectpacman

References

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