CVE-2017-15670
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-15670
To remediate CVE-2017-15670, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.25-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-15670 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.25-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |