CVE-2017-5357
published 2017-02-17CVE-2017-5357: 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.
PriorityP431high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.04%
86.0th percentile
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.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | ed | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| gnu | ed | <= 1.14 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-3vq6-cwx3-x994: regex
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-5357 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-3vq6-cwx3-x994: regex
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.
Red Hat
ed: Invalid free in regex.c
vendor_redhat·2017-01-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5357 [HIGH] CWE-416 ed: Invalid free in regex.c
ed: Invalid free in regex.c
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.
Statement: Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Package: ed (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: ed (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: ed (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-5357: ed - regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (c...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5357 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5357: ed - regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (c...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved
sid: resolved
trixie: resolved
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c
bugzilla·2017-01-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5357 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c
CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c
A vulnerability was found in GNU ed. An invalid free might occur while parsing specially crafted commands which will make the application crash.
References:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00002.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/70
Discussion:
Created ed tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1413902]
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Statement:
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-01-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5357 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. While only
one
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2017-02-17
Published