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CVE-2021-35942
published 2021-07-22

CVE-2021-35942: The wordexp function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 may crash or read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c) when called with an…

PriorityP343critical9.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
2.68%
84.1th percentile
The wordexp function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 may crash or read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c) when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern, potentially resulting in a denial of service or disclosure of information. This occurs because atoi was used but strtoul should have been used to ensure correct calculations.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianglibc< glibc 2.31-13 (bookworm)glibc 2.31-13 (bookworm)
gnuglibc< 2.312.31
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.31-132.31-13
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.31-132.31-13
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.31-132.31-13
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.31-132.31-13
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.27-3ubuntu1.52.27-3ubuntu1.5
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.31-0ubuntu9.72.31-0ubuntu9.7
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm22.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm2
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrccm1_glibc_2.28-19_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
netappe-series_santricity_os_controller11.0 – 11.70.1
paloaltopan-os

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.06.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
osv9.1CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.1CRITICAL
vendor_msrc9.1CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.1CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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