Description
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7476
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94e01571507835ff59dd8ce2a0b56a4b566965a4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98098
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0369
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (2)
gnulib/gnulib
< 2017-04-25
n/a/Gnulib before 2017-04-26
Gnulib before 2017-04-26
Published
May 02, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026