CVE-2024-38443 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

C/sorting/binary_insertion_sort.c in The Algorithms - C through e5dad3f has a segmentation fault for deep recursion, which may affect common use cases such as sorting an array of 50 elements.

Published: 2024-06-16

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/issues/1394

History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		The Algorithms The Algorithms c
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:the_algorithms:c::::::::
Vendors & Products		The Algorithms The Algorithms c
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

The Algorithms C

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:24.782Z

Reserved: 2024-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-38443

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:24.782Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-06-16T13:15:53.483

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-38443

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-121

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