CVE-2024-53849: Editorconfig

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Editorconfig Editorconfig: before 0.12.7 (fixed in 0.12.7)
• Editorconfig Editorconfig-Core-C: before 0.12.7 (fixed in 0.12.7)

Published 2024-11-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.