CVE-2017-15804 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Glibc
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 14
Description
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
3📄Research Papers
1💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2017-15804 glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator↗2017-10-23