CVE-2015-4041
GNU Coreutils Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 24, 2020, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 1, 2020, 5:33 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-4041 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-4041.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 | Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 | Patch |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-4041 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-4041 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 No Types Assigned https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 Patch Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (including) 8.23
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-4041 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-4041
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.24903
percentile