CVE-2015-4041
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
24/01/2020
Last modified:
01/02/2020
Description
The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multibyte characters, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long UTF-8 strings.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | 8.23 (including) |
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