CVE-2024-53849

Name	CVE-2024-53849
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
editorconfig-core (PTS)	bullseye	0.12.1-1.1	vulnerable
	bookworm	0.12.6-0.1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	0.12.9+~0.15.1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
editorconfig-core	source	(unstable)	0.12.7-0.1

Notes

[bookworm] - editorconfig-core <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c/security/advisories/GHSA-475j-wc37-6274
https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c/pull/103
https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c/commit/4d5518a0a4e4910c37281ab13a048d0d86999782 (v0.12.7)
https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-core-c/commit/fca7cf19e0fb800c2d38f173c1f69ad40bf2a2f5 (v0.12.7)