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CVE-2017-15804
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-22T20:29:02.290 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:08:17.997

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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References

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