CVE-2015-4042

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long strings.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/24/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:coreutils

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940(cve@mitre.org)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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