CVE-2012-5667

Public on 2013-01-03
Modified on 2015-09-22
Description
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way grep parsed large lines of data. An attacker able to trick a user into running grep on a specially crafted data file could use this flaw to crash grep or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running grep.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 grep 2015-09-22 ALAS-2015-598 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P