CVE-2016-1234Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Glibc

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDgnu/glibc< 2.24
Debiangnu/glibc< 2.22-8+3
NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Fedora 23

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mphv-4vqv-3v34: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 22022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2016-1234: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 22016-06-01
CVEList
CVE-2016-1234: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 22016-06-01

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Aruba AirWave 8.2.3 - XML External Entity Injection / Cross-Site Scripting2017-03-01

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities2017-03-21
Red Hat
glibc: Stack-based buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and crafted directory2016-03-07
Debian
CVE-2016-1234: glibc - Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka gli...2016

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6328 libexif: Integer overflow in parsing MNOTE entry data of the input file [fedora-all]2017-08-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1234 glibc: Stack-based buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and crafted directory [fedora-all]2016-03-08
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1234 glibc: Stack-based buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and crafted directory2016-03-08
CVE-2016-1234 — GNU Glibc vulnerability | cvebase