CVE-2017-15804

critical

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.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-22

Updated: 2025-04-20

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: 0.00234

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