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osvGoogleOSV:CVE-2017-15671
HistoryOct 20, 2017 - 5:29 p.m.

CVE-2017-15671

2017-10-2017:29:00
Google
osv.dev
8

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.2%

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).