CVE-2017-15804Improper 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

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiangnu/glibc< 2.25-3+3
NVDgnu/glibc2.26

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3r84-39rf-qwh3: The glob function in glob2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2017-15804: The glob function in glob2017-10-22
CVEList
CVE-2017-15804: The glob function in glob2017-10-22

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities2018-01-17
Red Hat
glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator2017-10-21
Debian
CVE-2017-15804: glibc - The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.2...2017

📄Research Papers

1
CTF
Baby_glob / README2021

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15804 glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator2017-10-23
CVE-2017-15804 — GNU Glibc vulnerability | cvebase