Description
Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large crontab file because the calloc return value is not checked.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-252
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (4)
cron_project/cron
< 3.0pl1-133
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
29
Published
Mar 12, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026