This incorrect length is later used in a memcmp operation, causing reads beyond the allocated buffer when processing crafted multibyte input.
When running GNU coreutils uniq with attacker-provided arguments, this behavior leads to a crash and potential adjacent heap memory exposure.
This issue has been fixed in the commit d64e35a8a4c0e4608321433e0d84d917e4e36371.
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| Description | GNU coreutils uniq is vulnerable to an out‑of‑bounds read due to incorrect handling of multibyte input when the -w (--check-chars) option is used. The find_field() function miscalculates the byte length of characters by repeatedly processing a fixed pointer instead of advancing through the input, resulting in an inflated length value. This incorrect length is later used in a memcmp operation, causing reads beyond the allocated buffer when processing crafted multibyte input. When running GNU coreutils uniq with attacker-provided arguments, this behavior leads to a crash and potential adjacent heap memory exposure. This issue has been fixed in the commit d64e35a8a4c0e4608321433e0d84d917e4e36371. | |
| Title | Out‑of‑bounds Read in GNU coreutils | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CERT-PL
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-24T12:31:34.245Z
Reserved: 2026-06-21T11:40:32.790Z
Link: CVE-2026-56391
Updated: 2026-07-24T12:31:22.474Z
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