CVE-2023-0341 (GCVE-0-2023-0341)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-31 23:22 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:46
VLAI
Title
Stack Buffer Overflow in editorconfig-core-c
Summary
A stack buffer overflow exists in the ec_glob function of editorconfig-core-c before v0.12.6 which allowed an attacker to arbitrarily write to the stack and possibly allows remote code execution. editorconfig-core-c v0.12.6 resolved this vulnerability by bound checking all write operations over the p_pcre buffer.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EditorConfig EditorConfig C Core Affected: 0 , < v0.12.6 (commit)
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Date Public
2023-01-19 08:21
Credits
David Fernandez Gonzalez Mark Esler
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