CVE-2016-1234
GNU C Library glibc Directory Traversal Buffer Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 1, 2016, 8:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-1234 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-1234 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-1234 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea [No types assigned] Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 29, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 28, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 31, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5171f3079f2cc53e0548fc4967361f4d1ce9d7ea Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19779 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.2.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.24 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84204 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 14, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1234 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1234
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.27 }} -0.79%
score
0.77605
percentile