The bmexec_trans function in kwset.c in grep 2.19 through 2.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via crafted input when using the -F option.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1345
Reference (s):
- BID:72281
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72281
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19563
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=83a95bd8c8561875b948cadd417c653dbe7ef2e2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html