Is CVE-2024-53849 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-53849 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-53849?

CVE-2024-53849 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53849?

Upgrade editorconfig-core on debian 11 to 0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-53849

UNSCORED

NVD

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.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

editorconfig-coreDebian

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1CVE-2024-53849

Fixed in:0.12.7-0.1CVE-2024-53849

editorconfigUbuntu

Fixed in:0.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

editorconfig-coreUbuntu

Fixed in:0.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

libeditorconfig0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1USN-7168-1

Fixed in:0.12.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-7168-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.