CVE-2017-15804
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-15804
To remediate CVE-2017-15804, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.25-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-15804 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 |