CVE-2017-15804
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.8% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-10-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | glibc |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
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