# CVE-2024-0911: Indent: heap-based buffer overflow in set\_buf\_break()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-06 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- indent: 2.2.13

## Description

A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.

## What to do

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260399
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html

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