CVE-2015-4042

CWE-190 — Integer OverflowCWE-119 — Buffer Overflow7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Coreutils
Timeline
PublishedJan 24
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgnu/coreutils8.23

Patches

Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9qcx-32pg-7pqp: Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2015-4042: Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort↗2020-01-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
coreutils: possible buffer overflow in keycompare_mb()↗2015-04-27
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Debian
CVE-2015-4042: coreutils - Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutil...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4042 CVE-2015-4041 coreutils: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2015-05-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4042 coreutils: possible buffer overflow in keycompare_mb()↗2015-05-21
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