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GNU Info is reported prone to a buffer overrun vulnerability. The vulnerability is reported to present itself due to a lack of boundary checks performed on argument data for the (f) follow xref Info command. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious Info script that is sufficient to trigger the issue. Although this vulnerability is reported to affect info version 4.7-2.1, other versions might also be affected.

GNU Info is reported prone to a buffer overrun vulnerability. The vulnerability is reported to present itself due to a lack of boundary checks performed on argument data for the (f) follow xref Info command. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious Info script that is sufficient to trigger the issue. Although this vulnerability is reported to affect info version 4.7-2.1, other versions might also be affected.