CVE-2017-15804

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

3%p86

Published

Oct 22, 2017 (Oct 22, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

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

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