ubuntu-cve-2024-0911
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-02-06 15:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:06
Summary
Details

A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0911",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:06:40Z",
  "published": "2024-02-06T15:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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      "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00001.html"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
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  "upstream": [
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  ]
}



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