CVE-2024-0911: Indent: heap-based buffer overflow in set_buf_break()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.

Affected products

GNU Indent: 2.2.13

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260399
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260399
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYVDWBSJROWOWMPDVMVG4L5FGVJC5REN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIEHMOQDLPRTE4FDOA4X6PMOCNLK6BCP/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html

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