VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-0684
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/coreutils
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2Mailing List, Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2Mailing List, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.