CVE-2015-4041

coreutils: heap buffer overflow in sort(1) keycompare_mb()

Published Jan 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multibyte characters, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long UTF-8 strings.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4069 The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multibyte characters, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long UTF-8 strings.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:04 AM
Reserved
May 19, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 24, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:26 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 27, 2015, 12:00 AM