An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the strings utility processed certain files. If a user were tricked into running the strings utility on a specially crafted file, it could cause the strings executable to crash.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | binutils | 2015-12-14 10:00 | ALAS-2015-620 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |