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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 20, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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