CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5357

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Versions of GNU ed before 1.14.1 contain a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a malformed command, leading to an invalid free.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to service unavailability, impacting the continuity of systems using GNU ed.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update GNU ed to version 1.14.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS