CVE-2017-5357 (GCVE-0-2017-5357)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
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Summary
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
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CWE
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