Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateFeb 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiancoreutils< 9.5-1+1
NVDgnu/coreutils9.2, 9.3, 9.4+2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p8pq-6r4w-c75v: A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program2024-02-06
CVEList
Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines2024-02-06
OSV
CVE-2024-0684: A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program2024-02-06

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines2024-02-13
Red Hat
coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines2024-01-18
Debian
CVE-2024-0684: coreutils - A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program. A heap overflow with user...2024