CVE-2017-5357 (GCVE-0-2017-5357)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-16 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
References
security@debian.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
security@debian.org https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
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