CVE-2017-5357

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 17, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-5357: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix