CVE-2017-15804

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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