CVE-2024-26994 speakup: Avoid crash on very long word

2024-05-0105:28:07

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

resolved

speakup

crash

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

13.0%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

speakup: Avoid crash on very long word

In case a console is set up really large and contains a really long word
(> 256 characters), we have to stop before the length of the word buffer.

CNA Affected

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