CVE-2016-1234

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html patch vendor advisory third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 third party advisory vdb entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html patch vendor advisory third party advisory issue tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1234?
CVE-2016-1234 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1234?
To fix CVE-2016-1234, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1234 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-1234 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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