GHSA-p8hg-r2c3-83hv

GHSA-p8hg-r2c3-83hv PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

9.800000190734863

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

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (5 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-p8hg-r2c3-83hv

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-p8hg-r2c3-83hv/fixes/registry"

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