🛡️ CVE-2024-53849

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-121 NVD
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-53849 is classified as CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. An oversized write to a stack buffer overwrites saved state such as return addresses, which can redirect execution.

Affected software

CVE-2024-53849 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 27 November 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

editorconfig.org
github.com
github.com
github.com
github.com
lists.debian.org

CVE-2024-53849 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-121
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-11-27
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown

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