CVE-2024-0684

MEDIUM 5.5

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

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-122
Published	Feb 6, 2024
Last Updated	Nov 4, 2025

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 openwall.com: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 security.netapp.com: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/