01 Record
CVE-2017-5357
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
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
- 3.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-02-16 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4870a76fb43cd10b70fc5a5e18132a2ca103edfa1c38db0cbb1d106a086559d0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6
- lists.gnu.org[Bug-ed] 20170108 invalid free on malformed commandshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-f87674ad41https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
- www.securityfocus.com95422http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- ed Fixed in 1.14.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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