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CVE-2017-7476
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in…
Critical9.8EPSS 3.7%
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- redhat
Description
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- heap-based buffer overflow
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Gnulib before 2017-04-26
- affected Gnulib before 2017-04-26
References (5)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7476 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94e01571507835ff59dd8ce2a0b56a4b566965a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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