TI-2015-03409 Aliases CVE-2015-4042 GHSA-9qcx-32pg-7pqp

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through…

MEDIUM 46CWE-190Published 2020-01-24 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02304 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils::::::::	up to 8.23	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.23 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4042
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qcx-32pg-7pqp

References

Exploit 1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1

Patch 1

https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940

TI-2017-13227 In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2015-01675 fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.1
TI-2014-07697 The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-03408 The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-00631 Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2016-02323 chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.6

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Sources

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