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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3999

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3999 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11glibc*, 2.31-13, 2.31-13+deb11u1
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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