CVE-2017-15671
The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-10-20
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
