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CVE-2017-15671

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

Description

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE, could skip freeing allocated memory when processing the ~ operator with a long user name, potentially leading to a denial of service (memory leak).

Affected products

• GNU C Library (glibc): through 2.26

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101517
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22325

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