CVE-2024-53849

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

editorconfig-core-c is theEditorConfig core library written in C (for use by plugins supporting EditorConfig parsing). In affected versions several overflows may occur in switch case '[' when the input pattern contains many escaped characters. The added backslashes leave too little space in the output pattern when processing nested brackets such that the remaining input length exceeds the output capacity. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.12.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0 4.8/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
editorconfig	editorconfig-core-c	< 0.12.7
editorconfig	editorconfig	< 0.12.7

References

Timeline

Published: Nov 27, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Deferred

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