suse · CVE-2015-4042

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Priority: critical Published: 2021-05-30 13:30:21 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 18:18:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long strings.

Description:

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long strings.

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