CVE-2015-4042

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Coreutils
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 January 2020

Summary

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.

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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