CVE-2017-7476

N/A
Published: May 2, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnulib

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2017-04-25v < 2017-4-26
Affected range stops below 2017-4-26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98098
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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