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CVE-2024-0684: Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-06 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-122

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.

Affected products

• GNU coreutils: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html

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