CVE-2015-4042 | GNU Coreutils up to 8.23 sort.c keycompare_mb integer overflow (ID 168072)
A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in GNU Coreutils up to 8.23. Affected is the function keycompare_mb of the file sort.c. The manipulation leads to integer overflow.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-4042. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.