CVE-2024-33600

CVE-2024-33600 is an in-nscd (Name Service Cache Daemon) null pointer dereference caused by a failure to cache a not-found netgroup response. It affects the nscd binary and was introduced with glibc’s cache feature (glbic 2.15+). Exploitation depends on remote input, but the provided sources do n...

CVE-2023-4806

CVE-2023-4806 affects glibc’s getaddrinfo in an extremely rare NSS module configuration where only certain nss * gethostbyname2_r/getcanonname_r hooks are implemented and the _gethostbyname3_r hook is missing. The flaw can cause getaddrinfo to access memory that has been freed, potentially crashi...

CVE-2023-4813

CVE-2023-4813 is a glibc flaw where gaih_inet may use freed memory, causing an application crash. It is exploitable when getaddrinfo is called and NSS/hosts database uses SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge. Public documentation confirms the issue and tracks it alongside other CVEs (e.g., CVE-2023-...

CVE-2020-10029

CVE-2020-10029 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) up to version 2.31.x, with a on‑stack buffer overflow during range reduction for 80‑bit long double inputs containing non‑canonical bit patterns on x86 targets. The issue is tied to sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c and can occur when an input ...

CVE-2023-6780

CVE-2023-6780 describes an integer overflow in glibc’s __vsyslog_internal, triggered by excessively long messages in syslog/vsyslog. Affected are glibc 2.37 and newer, where the message size can be miscalculated, leading to undefined behavior. Connected documents corroborate the glibc focus and r...

CVE-2020-27618

Summary (CVE-2020-27618) The vulnerability affects the GNU C Library (glibc) iconv input handling. When processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in specific IBM encodings, iconv may fail to advance the input state, potentially causing an infinite loop and a denial of service. This behavior i...

CVE-2016-10739

CVE-2016-10739 affects glibc (getaddrinfo) up to version 2.28, where a string containing an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and extra characters could be misinterpreted as valid. This may allow an attacker to bypass validation or embed dangerous substrings in inputs that appear to be legitima...

CVE-2016-10228

Summary of CVE-2016-10228 from provided sources: The GNU C Library (glibc) iconv processing can enter an infinite loop and cause a denial of service when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) together with the -c option, processing invalid multi-byte inp...

CVE-2016-4429

CVE-2016-4429: In glibc, a stack-based buffer overflow in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c:clntudp_call can be triggered by a flood of crafted ICMP/UDP packets, enabling a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other impact. Connected docs confirm the issue as a buffer overflow in the...

CVE-2019-1010025

CVE-2019-1010025 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) Current, describing a mitigation bypass in which an attacker may guess heap addresses of pthread_created threads. The vendor notes that ASLR bypass itself is not a vulnerability. The entry indicates a MEDIUM base impact (CVSS v3.0: 5.3) with no c...

CVE-2017-12132

Summary : CVE-2017-12132 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) DNS stub resolver, enabling off-path DNS spoofing attacks by eliciting large UDP responses when EDNS is enabled. IBM and related advisories reference this GLIBC flaw and tie it to affected IBM hardware/software bundles. What is affected (...

CVE-2019-1010024

CVE-2019-1010024 affects GNU Libc (glibc). The description in the initial document states a mitigation bypass with the impact that an attacker may bypass ASLR by leveraging the cache of thread stack and heap. Upstream and some vendor notes indicate this is treated as a non-security bug and not a ...

CVE-2013-7423

CVE-2013-7423: in glibc, the send_dg path can cause DNS queries to be written to unintended file descriptors under load, enabling local access to sensitive information. IBM advisories confirm affected products (e.g., DataPower Gateways, QRadar/NIPS contexts) and list concrete fixes: upgrade to fi...

CVE-2015-8777

CVE-2015-8777 is a local, environment-variable–driven bypass of the glibc pointer-guarding mechanism. The flaw exists in the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to version 2.23, where the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable was not ignored for privileged executions, allowing a local attacker to bypass ...

CVE-2013-4458

CVE-2013-4458 describes a stack-based overflow in glibc's getaddrinfo (sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c) that can cause DoS via a hostname or IP that yields many AF_INET6 results. Concrete tie-ins exist: CVE-2016-3706 notes this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458, and Debi...

CVE-2019-7309

CVE-2019-7309 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) memcmp on x32 where the RDX MSB is mishandled, causing memcmp to incorrectly return 0 (inputs equal) through glibc 2.29. The IBM bulletin for IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak lists CVE-2019-7309 among vulnerabilities and instructs updati...

CVE-2013-1914

The CVE-2013-1914 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) up to version 2.17, where a stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo could be triggered by a crafted hostname or IP, causing remote denial of service. Public details consistently reference an incomplete fix that ties into CVE-2013-4458 a...

CVE-2014-6040

The CVE-2014-6040 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to version 2.20. The vulnerability arises in iconv when converting certain multibyte data (notably IBM933/935/937/939/1364) to UTF-8, allowing a context-dependent attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the process, i.e.,...

CVE-2012-3404

CVE-2012-3404 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) in the vfprintf path (stdio-common/vfprintf.c). The issue is a miscalculation of buffer length that can bypass Fortify_SOURCE format-string protections when using positional parameters with many specifiers, enabling context-dependent DoS via a craft...

CVE-2014-8121

CVE-2014-8121 affects the GNU C Library (glibc/eglibc) NSS backend: DB_LOOKUP in nss_files/files-XXX.c can loop indefinitely when a file is being iterated, by not properly checking if the database file is open. This can lead to a denial of service. The affected line of code is in the NSS file bac...

CVE-2015-8985

CVE-2015-8985 affects the GNU C Library (glibc). The vulnerability lies in pop_fail_stack, where an assertion failure can be triggered via vectors related to extended regular expression processing, enabling a context-dependent attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) in the affected applicat...

CVE-2011-1071

CVE-2011-1071 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) prior to 2.12.2, with an underlying flaw in fnmatch() that lets context-dependent attackers supply a long UTF-8 string to trigger arbitrary code execution or memory exhaustion (DoS). Affected components include glibc in m...

CVE-2013-0242

CVE-2013-0242 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) in the extend_buffers() path of the regular expression matcher (regexec.c). A buffer overflow via crafted multibyte input can cause memory corruption and denial of service. Affected line items indicate it exists in glibc ≤ 2.17; multiple advisories ...

CVE-2025-5702

CVE-2025-5702 : In GNU C Library (glibc) 2.39 and later, the Power10-specific strcmp optimization writes to vector registers v20–v31 without saving caller contents. This non-volatile/register handling issue can overwrite the caller’s registers and potentially alter control flow or leak input stri...

CVE-2009-4880

Glibc (GNU C Library) is affected by CVE-2009-4880: multiple integer overflows in strfmon handling that can be triggered by a crafted format string, potentially causing memory growth or an application crash (denial of service). This is observed in glibc 2.10.1 and earlier. Mitigation per connecte...

CVE-2017-12133

CVE-2017-12133 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.26. It is a use-after-free in clntudp_call() in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c that allows remote attackers to potentially impact the target via error-path vectors. Affected products are glibc/libc6 environments prior to 2.26; remediation is to upgra...

CVE-2013-7424

CVE-2013-7424 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) getaddrinfo when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code. Affected product context in connected sources centers on glibc usage wit...

CVE-2012-3405

CVE-2012-3405 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) vfprintf handling in stdio-common/vfprintf.c, where improper buffer length calculation can bypass Fortify_source format-string protection and trigger a denial of service via a crafted format string with many specifiers. Public references in the Debi...

CVE-2010-0830

CVE-2010-0830 describes an integer signedness error in the GNU C Library’s dynamic linker component ld.so, specifically in elf_get_dynamic_info. The vulnerability affects glibc versions 2.0.1 through 2.11.1, and is triggered when using the --verify option. A crafted ELF binary with a negative d_t...

CVE-2010-4052

Vulnerability: GNU C Library (glibc/libc6) regcomp contains a stack-consumption DoS flaw. Affects versions up to 2.11.3 and 2.12.x up to 2.12.2. Attackers can exhaust resources via crafted regular expressions with adjacent repetition operators, as shown by the proftpd.gnu.c exploit. The connected...

CVE-2017-15671

CVE-2017-15671 applies to the GNU C Library (glibc) glob implementation: when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, memory could fail to be freed during ~ expansion for very long usernames, potentially causing a denial of service via memory leak. Affected: glibc versions before 2.27. The connected documents d...

CVE-2012-6656

CVE-2012-6656 affects GNU C Library (glibc) iconvdata/ibm930.c, where iconv converting IBM930 to UTF-8 can trigger an out-of-bounds read by a multibyte value 0xffff. This is a context-dependent denial-of-service vulnerability. The description indicates the issue exists in glibc before version 2.1...

CVE-2013-4788

CVE-2013-4788 affects glibc (GNU C Library) up to version 2.4/2.17 and EGLIBC; PTR_MANGLE does not initialize the random value for the pointer guard, enabling context-dependent attackers to influence control flow via a buffer-overflow in an application. Affected components: PTR_MANGLE implementat...

CVE-2015-20109

CVE-2015-20109 is a glibc (GNU C Library) local denial-of-service issue tied to end_pattern usage in internal_fnmatch, potentially causing application crashes when fnmatch is used with the (!()) pattern. The description specifies affected component (glibc) and version class (before 2.22). Public ...

CVE-2012-4424

CVE-2012-4424 is a stack-based buffer overflow in glibc's strcoll_l.c (glibc/ libc6) 2.17 and earlier. The description states that a long string could trigger a malloc failure and use of alloca, enabling context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbit...

CVE-2015-8984

CVE-2015-8984 affects IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S). The CP4S remediation bulletin confirms CP4S versions 1.8.1.0, 1.8.0.0 and 1.7.2.0 contain the glibc fnmatch out-of-bounds read vulnerability described in the CVE (context-dependent denial-of-service via malformed pattern). The documented fi...

CVE-2011-1659

CVE-2011-1659 is a vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.13 where an integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c can be triggered by long UTF-8 strings used in an fnmatch call, potentially causing an application crash (denial of service). Connected advisories (e.g., F5 BIG-IP SOL09408132)...

CVE-2010-4051

CVE-2010-4051 : The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (glibc/libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a regex containing adjacent bounded repetitions that bypass the RE_DUP_MAX limit. Affected versions include up to 2.11.3 and 2.12.x...

CVE-2002-1146

The CVE-2002-1146 issue affects BIND 4 and BIND 8.2.x stub resolver libraries, and older glibc/libc/libresolv components (e.g., glibc ≤ 2.2.5) which use the maximum buffer size instead of the actual DNS response size, causing a read buffer overflow. This can enable a remote attacker to cause a de...

CVE-2011-4609

CVE-2011-4609 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.15. The vulnerability is in the svc_run function used by the RPC implementation, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of RPC connections. The issue is documented with a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (Mediu...

CVE-2009-4881

CVE-2009-4881 is a glibc (GNU C Library) vulnerability describing an integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function of strfmon_l.c, prior to glibc-2.10.1. The connected advisories (Gentoo GLSA-201011-01, openSUSE/SUSE updates) group it with several related glibc flaws (CVE-2008-1391, 2010-0296, 20...

CVE-2002-1265

CVE-2002-1265 is evidenced in HP-UX RPC-related DoS advisories; OpenVAS/Nessus entries (PHNE_30091/30092/30093/30094, and PHKL_31500) reference CVE-2002-1265 as the RPC/HP-UX RPC DoS issue. Patches exist (HPSBUX01020 SSRT2384, etc.; PHKL_31500 consolidates fixes) addressing remote DoS via HP-UX R...

CVE-2025-5745

CVE-2025-5745 concerns the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.40 and later, where the Power10-optimized strcmp/strncmp implementation writes to non-volatile vector registers v20–v31 without saving caller contents (per powerpc64le ABI). This can overwrite the caller’s registers, potentially changing control ...

CVE-2026-4438

The CVE-2026-4438 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) gethostbyaddr/gethostbyaddr_r when NSSwitch DNS backend is configured; versions 2.34–2.43 may return invalid DNS hostnames. Impact per sources is a DNS-spec violation; no exploitation details are provided in the documents. A patched versio...

CVE-2006-7254

The CVE concerns the nscd daemon in the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.5. The vulnerability arises because nscd does not close incoming client sockets that it cannot handle, enabling local users to perform a denial of service against the daemon. Affected component: nscd within glibc (before 2.5...

CVE-2010-3192

CVE-2010-3192 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) and concerns runtime memory protection that prints argv[0] and backtrace data, potentially allowing a context-dependent attacker to read sensitive process memory. The description references a setuid program with a stack-based overflow (fortify_fail/...