Description
A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | glibc | Fixed in glibc v2.31 and above. |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3999Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024637Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3999Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28769Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=23e0e8f5f1fb5ed150253d986ecccdc90c2dcd5e
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3999Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024637Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3999Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28769Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=23e0e8f5f1fb5ed150253d986ecccdc90c2dcd5e
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 24, 2022
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified