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HIGHCVE-2026-40489Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-40489: editorconfig-core-c has incomplete fix for CVE-2023-0341

editorconfig-core-c is an EditorConfig core library for use by plugins supporting EditorConfig parsing. Versions up to and including 0.12.10 have a stack-based buffer overflow in ec_glob() that allows an attacker to crash any application using libeditorconfig by providing a specially crafted directory structure and .editorconfig file. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-0341. The pcre_str buffer was protected in 0.12.6 but the adjacent l_pattern[8194] stack buffer received no equivalent protection. On Ubuntu 24.04, FORTIFY_SOURCE converts the overflow to SIGABRT (DoS). Version 0.12.11 contains an updated fix.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.6
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • editorconfig / editorconfig-core-c
    < 0.12.11
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N