CVE-2026-18839

LOW
INFO Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 9/100
Published: 2026-08-05 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

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.

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
rpm-software-management popt 1.13 < *

References & Advisories (3)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77932
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511010
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

9 / 100

CVSS Score

2.2 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001260
Percentile 2.4%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00126
2026-11-12
0.00126
2026-11-10
0.00126
2026-11-09
0.00126
2026-11-08
0.00126
2026-11-07
0.00126
2026-11-06
0.00126

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →