CVE-2015-4041
CVSS V2 Medium 4.6
CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-4041
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-01-24T17:15:12
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-02-01T17:33:45
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | 1 | OR | 8.23 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4041 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4041 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:51:18 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 10:03:41 | 2020-01-24T17:15Z | 2020-01-24T17:15:12 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 10:03:41 | 2020-02-01T17:33:45 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 10:03:41 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |