CVE-2017-5357 is an invalid free vulnerability in regex.c of GNU ed before version 1.14.1, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command. This vulnerability affects fedoraproject ed, fedoraproject fedora, and gnu ed. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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