CVE-2024-0684

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

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se encontró una falla en el programa "split" de GNU coreutils. Podría producirse un desbordamiento de almacenamiento dinámico con datos controlados por el usuario de varios cientos de bytes de longitud en la función line_bytes_split(), lo que podría provocar un bloqueo de la aplicación y una denegación de servicio.

A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 9.4-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-01-18 CVE Reserved
2024-01-20 First Exploit
2024-02-06 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/Valentin-Metz/writeup_split	2024-01-20

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948	2024-02-14
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2	2024-02-14

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Coreutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils"				9.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils" and version "9.2"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Coreutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils"				9.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils" and version "9.3"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Coreutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils"				9.4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils" and version "9.4"		-		Affected