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CVE-2016-1234
Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows…
High7.5EPSS 5.4%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- FEDORA-2016-68abc0be35 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160307 CVE-2016-1234 in glibc glob with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 84204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20210901 SEC Consult SA-20210901-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in MOXA devices (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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