Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting coreutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-COREUTILS-6180563
  • published19 Jan 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024
  • creditValentin Metz

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the line_bytes_split function. An attacker can cause an application crash by providing user-controlled data of multiple hundred bytes in length.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1