DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15670
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670
Upstream
Published
2017-10-20T17:29:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T16:04:22Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.25-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670.json"

Debian:13 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.25-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670.json"

Debian:14 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.25-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15670.json"