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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5357

CVE-2017-5357

Description

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.

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Affected products

9

GNU/Ed2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.14
- (no CPE)range: <1.14.1
Fedoraproject/Fedora
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords6 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 0.2-1001.30.3.4+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2-1001.30.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9-4.4.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9-4.4.5
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2-1001.30.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9-4.4.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9-4.4.5

Patches

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References

7

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/nvd

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