CVE-2016-1234

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

5%p92

Published

Jun 1, 2016 (Jun 1, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: gnu opensuse fedoraproject
Products: glibc, leap, opensuse, fedora
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.2%)

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