CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-56391

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2026-07-24 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-24
Last modified
2026-10-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

GNU coreutils uniq is vulnerable to an out‑of‑bounds read due to incorrect handling of multibyte input when the -w (--check-chars) option is used. The find_field() function miscalculates the byte length of characters by repeatedly processing a fixed pointer instead of advancing through the input, resulting in an inflated length value. This incorrect length is later used in a memcmp operation, causing reads beyond the allocated buffer when processing crafted multibyte input. When running GNU coreutils uniq with attacker-provided arguments, this behavior leads to a crash and potential adjacent heap memory exposure. This issue has been fixed in the commit d64e35a8a4c0e4608321433e0d84d917e4e36371.

Affected configurations

• gnu coreutils (>= 9.5 <= 9.11)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References