CVE-2024-0684
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.09%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-0684
To remediate CVE-2024-0684, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/coreutils—upgrade to 9.3-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2024-0684 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 9.3-r2
- from 0, < 9.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |