Coreutils
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First CVE: May 2, 2005 · Active for 21 years
10
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 88% of tracked products
1.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 55% of tracked products
5.9
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 18% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Coreutils over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
May 2, 2005
21 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Feb 6, 2024
899 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Coreutils10 CVEs
10%
60%
20%
10%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local5 (50.0%)
Network1 (10.0%)
Unknown4 (40.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low4 (40.0%)
High2 (20.0%)
Unknown4 (40.0%)
User Interaction
None6 (60.0%)
Unknown4 (40.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low5 (50.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (10.0%)
Unknown4 (40.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2015-4042CRITICAL Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly ha | Jan 24, 2020 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2014-9471HIGH The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstra | Jan 16, 2015 | 7.5 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-2781MEDIUM chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's i | Feb 7, 2017 | 6.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2015-4041HIGH The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multi | Jan 24, 2020 | 7.8 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-0684MEDIUM A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program. A heap overflow with user-controlled data of multiple hundred bytes in length could occur in the line_bytes_split() function, | Feb 6, 2024 | 5.5 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-18018MEDIUM In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows loc | Jan 4, 2018 | 4.7 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2015-1865MEDIUM fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files. | Sep 20, 2017 | 4.7 | 14 | NO | NO |
CVE-2009-4135MEDIUM The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp. | Dec 11, 2009 | 4.4 | 14 | NO | NO |
CVE-2008-1946MEDIUM The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account nam | Jul 28, 2008 | 4.4 | 14 | NO | NO |
Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3) mkfifo is running with the -m switch, allows local users to modify permissions of other files. | May 2, 2005 | 3.7 | 13 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Coreutils
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.4 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 6.12 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |