CVE-2015-4042
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 24, 2020 at 04:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCoreutils
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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