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TI-2024-00631 Aliases CVE-2024-0684GHSA-p8pq-6r4w-c75v

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

Priority LOW 25CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00492 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed coreutils: v9.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—coreutilsv9.2; v9.3; v9.4v9.5Patch availableCNA
  • coreutils Vendor— Affected v9.2; v9.3; v9.4 Fixed in v9.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.4VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.4 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA coreutils Fixed in v9.5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0684
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8pq-6r4w-c75v

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

  • 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-2015-03409 Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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-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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