high7.8
CVE-2015-4041
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 by…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Coreutils | through 8.23 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749
- https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749
- https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940