CVE-2016-1234

Published: Jun 1, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glob implementation in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24, when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long name.

Affected (4)

Products: Gnu: Glibc · Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

2 products

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Glibc	Before 2.24

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 23

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (24)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

Source: security@debian.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

Source: security@debian.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: security@debian.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: security@debian.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779

Source: security@debian.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea

Source: security@debian.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html