Description
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
Published: 2017-10-20
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7121 The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3534-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:27.535Z

Reserved: 2017-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15670

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-20T17:29:00.240

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-15670

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15670 - Bugzilla

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