CVE-2021-33574

CVE-2021-33574 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) mq_notify function in versions 2.32 and 2.33, where a notification thread attributes object passed via struct sigevent may be freed by the caller and then used, causing denial of service (crash) or other impact. Connected advisories confirm this is...

CVE-2021-35942

CVE-2021-35942 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) wordexp in posix/wordexp.c. The root cause is an integer/regex handling issue caused by using atoi instead of strtoul, which can lead to an out-of-bounds read or memory access. Exploitation can crash the process or cause information disclosure (DoS...

CVE-2023-25139

CVE-2023-25139 affects glibc 2.37. The issue is a buffer overflow in sprintf in certain scenarios when formatting a number with a buffer sized exactly for the string. For example, 1,234,567 padded to 13 may overflow by two bytes. The connected Siemens Tenable plugin repeats this description. The ...

CVE-2019-9169

CVE-2019-9169 affects GNU C Library (glibc) up to 2.29, where proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c permits a heap-based buffer over-read during a case-insensitive regular-expression match. Impact: potential information disclosure via crafted input; CVSS/assessment in references indicates high/cri...

CVE-2022-23218

Summary: CVE-2022-23218 (glibc) is a stack-based buffer overflow in the sunrpc path handling function svcunix_create, allowing potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution if a stack protector is not present. The issue affects glibc up to version 2.34 per the description. Multiple conn...

CVE-2022-23219

The CVE-2022-23219 entry is supported by concrete details in connected sources: glibc’s sunrpc clnt_create copies its hostname onto the stack without length validation (through glibc 2.34). This can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or, on systems without stack pro...

CVE-2026-5450

CVE-2026-5450 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) where using the scanf family with a %mc format specifier and an explicit width greater than 1024 can trigger a one-byte heap buffer overflow in glibc versions 2.7 through 2.43. Exploitation details are not provided in the sources. Red Hat notes that...

CVE-2018-6485

CVE-2018-6485 is an integer overflow in posix_memalign within glibc (memalign implementation) for versions 2.26 and earlier, which could cause a heap area to be too small and lead to heap corruption. The NVD CVSSv3/base score is 9.8 (CRITICAL) with network attack vector, no user interaction. Affe...

CVE-2019-1010022

CVE-2019-1010022: GNU Libc nptl has a stack guard bypass via a stack-buffer vulnerability. The description notes attackers could bypass stack guard protections by exploiting a stack overflow in the attack vector, with upstream comments claiming this is treated as a non-security bug and “no real t...

CVE-2023-0687

CVE-2023-0687 affects GNU C Library (glibc) 2.38, specifically the __monstartup function in gmon.c of the Call Graph Monitor component. The issue enables a buffer overflow when handling an overly long input argument, with inputs described as addresses of the running application built with gmon en...

CVE-2018-11236

Summary (CVE-2018-11236) : In glibc, the realpath path processing path can trigger an integer overflow in 32-bit builds within stdlib/canonicalize.c when handling very long pathname arguments, producing a stack-based buffer overflow and potentially arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability affe...

CVE-2017-16997

Summary: CVE-2017-16997 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.19–2.26, where elf/dl-load.c mishandles RPATH/RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for privileged (setuid/AT_SECURE) programs, allowing local privilege escalation via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory. The root cause...

CVE-2015-8776

The CVE-2015-8776 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) strftime() function. The vulnerability, present in glibc versions before 2.23, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and, in some disclosures, potentially obtain sensitive information via out-o...

CVE-2017-15804

CVE-2017-15804 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) glob() implementation: a buffer overflow occurs during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator in glob.c, in glibc versions before 2.27. Multiple connected advisories (e.g., ALAS2-2018-1048, CESA/CentOS notes) confirm the issue and list glibc ...

CVE-2014-9761

The CVE-2014-9761 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.23. It involves stack-based buffer overflows in the nan, nanf, and nanl functions caused by long arguments, which could lead to denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. Mitigation in the provided documents reco...

CVE-2017-15670

CVE-2017-15670 affects glibc (libc6) before 2.27. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in glob.c triggered by processing home directories with the ~ operator followed by a long string. Multiple connected documents confirm the vulnerability class and affected component. Remediation in the disclosed ...

CVE-2017-18269

CVE-2017-18269 affects glibc (memcpy-sse2-unaligned on i386) where the overlapping memory check can fail when the source spans the middle of the address space, producing data corruption that may lead to information disclosure, DoS, or potentially code execution. Affected versions: glibc 2.21–2.27...

CVE-2015-8779

CVE-2015-8779 affects the GNU C Library (glibc). The vulnerability is a stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen() function when handling long catalog names, which can cause an application crash (DoS) or potentially allow arbitrary code execution. Affected products include glibc releases prior ...

CVE-2015-8778

CVE-2015-8778 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.23, where an integer/size argument in hcreate_r can trigger an out-of-bounds heap access, potentially causing denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Connected advisories detail that multiple products (notably glibc-containing pack...

CVE-2018-6551

CVE-2018-6551 concerns the GNU C Library (glibc) malloc implementation with arguments near SIZE_MAX, causing heap corruption due to an integer overflow. Affected are glibc versions 2.24–2.26 on powerpc and 2.26 on i386. IBM advisories (IMM2, DSA Preboot, AMM) reference CVE-2018-6551 and describe ...

CVE-2014-9984

CVE-2014-9984 affects the GNU C Library (glibc) nscd when processing netgroup requests: the internal buffer size is not computed correctly, which can cause an nscd daemon crash or allow code execution as the user running nscd. The vulnerability is tied to glibc versions prior to 2.20. Several adv...

CVE-1999-0199

CVE-1999-0199 affects glibc prior to 2.2. The issue is a missing statement about the unspecified tdelete return value when deleting a tree’s root, which could let an attacker access a dangling pointer in affected applications. Affected: glibc before 2.2. Remediation: upgrade to a version with the...

CVE-2005-3590

The CVE-2005-3590 issue affects the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to 2.3.5, where getgrouplist, when invoked with a zero argument, writes to the provided pointer even if the array size is zero. This results in a buffer overflow and can lead to memory corruption. Affected component: glibc function g...