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CVE-2001-0886 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers t)

Buffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a glob pattern that ends in a brace "{" character.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0886
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-12-21
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in glob function of glibc allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a glob pattern that ends in a brace "{" character.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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