7.8
HIGH
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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:30 a.m.

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. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-4041 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu coreutils
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
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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928749
    Added Reference https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940
  • 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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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.

0.05 }} -0.02%

score

0.19796

percentile

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