CVE-2024-0684 Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines

2024-02-0608:26:58

CWE-122

fedora

www.cve.org

cve-2024-0684 coreutils split program heap overflow denial of service

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v9.2"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v9.3"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v9.4"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v9.5"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "coreutils",
    "collectionURL": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]