CVE-2017-15670

critical
Published 2017-10-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15670

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15670.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22320

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-8

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-9

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.26-9
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.25-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.25-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.25-3
debian debiansidfixed2.25-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.25-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnuglibc{"endIncluding":"2.26"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.