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CVE-2001-0886

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Description

Buffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a glob pattern that ends in a brace "{" character.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7705

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-008

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3707

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245956

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-160.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1752.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-095.php3

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-103

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-029.shtml

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-glibc/2001-11/msg00109.html

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-037-01

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000447

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-21

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00228

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