Critical severity · published Oct 20, 2017
CVE-2017-15670
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing…
9.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15670
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101521
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320
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