CVE-2024-0684Published

Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines

Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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cve-program · CVE-2024-0684

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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.

Source published: 6 Feb 2024 08:26:58 UTC
Source modified: 15 Oct 2026 00:17:20 UTC
Observed here: 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H