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Vulnerability details: VCID-sbu9-jza7-aaae
Vulnerability ID VCID-sbu9-jza7-aaae
Aliases CVE-2017-15670
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-15670.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
cvssv3 7.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15670.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504804
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15670
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-460
generic_textual High https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1
generic_textual High https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3534-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-15670.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15670.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15670
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15670
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3534-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3534-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101521
1504804 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504804
879501 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879501
ASA-201801-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-8
ASA-201801-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-9
AVG-460 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-460
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-15670 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
GLSA-201804-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-02
RHSA-2018:0805 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
RHSA-2018:1879 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1879
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15670.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15670
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.42651
EPSS Score 0.00201
Published At June 20, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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