CVE-2024-0684 (GCVE-0-2024-0684)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-06 08:26 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:22
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: v9.2
Affected: v9.3
Affected: v9.4
Unaffected: v9.5
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