CVE-2017-15804
N/A
Published: October 22, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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