CVE-2017-15671 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Glibc
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 20
Latest updateMay 13
Description
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6