CVE-2015-1345

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1345
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-12 16:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe bmexec_trans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via crafted input when using the -F option.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Grep 2.19 All All All
Application Gnu Grep 2.20 All All All
Application Gnu Grep 2.21 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
grep.git - grep af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0243-1: moderate: Security update for grep af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: grep heap buffer overrun af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#19563 - grep -F: fix a heap buffer (read) overrun - GNU bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 debbugs.gnu.org Exploit
grep 'kwset.c' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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