Out-of-Bounds Affecting grep package, versions <2.20-4.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GREP-1547768
  • published12 Feb 2015
  • disclosed12 Feb 2015

Introduced: 12 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 grep to version 2.20-4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grep package and not the grep package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The bmexec_trans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via crafted input when using the -F option.

CVSS Scores

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