Medium severity5.5OSV Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-0684

Description

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.

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Affected products

GNU/Coreutilsllm-fuzzy4 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Coreutils/CoreutilsOSV
Range: COREUTILS-4_5_1, COREUTILS-4_5_10, COREUTILS-4_5_11, …
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/coreutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 9.4-3.1

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2nvdMailing ListPatch
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2KAURFJIEYY2BWCPN4AZDYCVMFD5J4GB/nvd
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/nvd

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