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.
References3
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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2.2
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-191
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