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.
Fix
Public exploits 1
- Valentin-Metz/writeup_split PoC on GitHub
Each line links to the index that lists it, never to exploit code. Exploit-DB's "verified" and a Metasploit rank of good or better count as verified; a PoC-in-GitHub entry is a repository's claim.
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 Mailing List, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 Mailing List, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-15 01:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 Mailing List, Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 Mailing List, Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html