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CVE-2015-1345

Published: 12 February 2015

The 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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced in v2.18-90-g73893ff

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
grep
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(2.5.4-4build1)
precise Not vulnerable
(2.10-1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(2.16-1)
upstream
Released (2.20-4.1)
wily Not vulnerable
(2.21-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(2.24-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=83a95bd8c8561875b948cadd417c653dbe7ef2e2