CVE-2005-3590

critical

Description

The getgrouplist function in the GNU C library (glibc) before version 2.3.5, when invoked with a zero argument, writes to the passed pointer even if the specified array size is zero, leading to a buffer overflow and potentially allowing attackers to corrupt memory.

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12740406

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=661

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107871

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-04-10

Updated: 2019-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

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: 0.00492