CVE-2024-0911

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260399	Issue Tracking
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260399	Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AYVDWBSJROWOWMPDVMVG4L5FGVJC5REN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIEHMOQDLPRTE4FDOA4X6PMOCNLK6BCP/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:indent:2.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 22:15

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Information

Published : 2024-02-06 15:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 22:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-0911

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0911

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0911

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

indent

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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