CVE-2001-0886

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a glob pattern that ends in a brace "{" character.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 2.1
RedHat Linux: through 7.2; 6.2, 7.0, 7.1

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000447
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-037-01
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-glibc/2001-11/msg00109.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-029.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-103
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-095.php3
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1752.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-160.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245956
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3707
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-008
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7705

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