Numeric Errors Affecting grep package, versions <2.11-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GREP-1547936
  • published3 Jan 2013
  • disclosed3 Jan 2013

Introduced: 3 Jan 2013

CVE-2012-5667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 grep to version 2.11-1 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.

Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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