CVE-2012-5667
Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
02 Description
Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 63.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-01-03 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8fe04dc61642ef35022e95df60e3aa9bbacbc2ba126befd0ee0729907fe69e89
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1091473
- www.securityfocus.com57033http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57033
- git.sv.gnu.orghttp://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grep.git%3Ba=shortlog%3Bh=v2.11
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=8fcf61523644df42e1905c81bed26838e0b04f91
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889935
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1447http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1447.html
- lists.gnu.org[bug-grep] 20121217 Re: Exploit in grep..http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-12/msg00004.html
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=cbbc1a45b9f843c811905c97c90a5d31f8e6c189
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20121221 Re: CVE Request: grephttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/6
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- grep Fixed in 2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- grep Fixed in 2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- grep Fixed in 2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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