CVE-2024-0911
Indent: heap-based buffer overflow in set_buf_break()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Feb 6, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 25, 2024
Description
A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | fedora |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
indent |
|
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2260399issue-tracking
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIEHMOQDLPRTE4FDOA4X6PMOCNLK6BCP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYVDWBSJROWOWMPDVMVG4L5FGVJC5REN/
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