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CVE-2017-5357

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.

Published

2017-02-17T02:59:14.267

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	25	Yes
Application	gnu	ed	≤ 1.14	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/ ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)