CVE-2024-0684

medium

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.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-02-06

Updated: 2025-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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