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% · 79.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
1.27%
79.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSglibc0, 2.21-0ubuntu4, 2.21-0ubuntu5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSeglibc2.19-0ubuntu3, 2.19-0ubuntu4, 2.19-0ubuntu5

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