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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2024-0684

Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

coreutils

Default version status: unaffected

  • v9.2affected
  • v9.3affected
  • v9.4affected
  • v9.5unaffected

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