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Permalink CVE-2024-0684
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
created 6 months ago
Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines

A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program. A heap overflow with user-controlled data of multiple hundred bytes in length could occur in the line_bytes_split() function, potentially leading to an application crash and denial of service.

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Affected products

coreutils
  • ==v9.2
  • ==9.2
  • ==v9.3
  • ==v9.4
  • ==v9.5

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pkgs.coreutils

GNU Core Utilities

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