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CVE-2024-0684 json

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

published 2024-02-06 2 y ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2024-16475

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • coreutils Debian 14, Debian 13 9.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0684

  • coreutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.4-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13618-1

  • coreutils Alpine 3.18 9.3-r2
  • coreutils Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 9.4-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-0684

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • coreutils Azure Linux 3.0 9.4-5

azure linux advisories AZL-34629

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-0684 updated cvss 5.5

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 coreutils, coreutils-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 coreutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 coreutils, coreutils-common, coreutils-single Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 coreutils, coreutils-common, coreutils-single
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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