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CVE-2012-5667

Date: January 3, 2013

Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.9

Related Resources (13)

Url: http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grep.git%3Ba=shortlog%3Bh=v2.11

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/6

Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=cbbc1a45b9f843c811905c97c90a5d31f8e6c189

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1091473

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889935

Url: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-12/msg00004.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5667

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1447.html

Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=8fcf61523644df42e1905c81bed26838e0b04f91

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5667

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57033

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5667

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5667

Severity Score

4.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.4
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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