CVE-2016-1234 — Vulnetix

CVE-2016-1234 PUBLISHED

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

EPSS 1.27% · 79.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.27%

79.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	glibc	0, 2.21-0ubuntu5, 2.21-0ubuntu6
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	eglibc	2.19-0ubuntu6.3, 2.19-0ubuntu6.4, 2.19-0ubuntu6.6

Exploit Intelligence

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 (nist-nvd)
Moxa Command Injection / Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (0day-today)
Moxa Command Injection / Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (0day-today)

Timeline

Jun 1, 2016 CVE Published
Sep 1, 2021 PoC Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1234 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1234 third-party-advisory

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