CVE-2017-15804
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-22 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 690e30775c98251df1ca8e850d2849b152fe4ea767c9ea160e1f2654185e9d13
05 Affected products
06 References
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22332
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1879https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a159b53fa059947cc2548e3b0d5bdcf7b9630ba8
- www.securityfocus.com101535http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101535
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0805https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.25-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.25-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.25-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- eglibc Fixed in 2.19-0ubuntu6.14
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- glibc Fixed in 2.23-0ubuntu10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.