Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-1234

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

  • Published: Jun 1, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-1234
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / glibc - 2.24
opensuse / leap 42.1 42.1.x
opensuse / opensuse 13.2 13.2.x
fedoraproject / fedora 23 23.x