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CVE-2021-35942

Public on 2021-07-22
Modified on 2023-01-27
Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in glibc that may result in reading of arbitrary memory when wordexp is used with a specially crafted untrusted regular expression input.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
9.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core glibc 2021-09-08 23:35 ALAS2-2021-1703

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H