Description
sysdeps/i386/ldbl2mpn.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 on x86 targets has a stack-based buffer overflow if the input to any of the printf family of functions is an 80-bit long double with a non-canonical bit pattern, as seen when passing a \x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x04 value to sprintf. NOTE: the issue does not affect glibc by default in 2016 or later (i.e., 2.23 or later) because of commits made in 2015 for inlining of C99 math functions through use of GCC built-ins. In other words, the reference to 2.23 is intentional despite the mention of "Fixed for glibc 2.33" in the 26649 reference.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26649
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-September/117779.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
36.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (4)
gnu/glibc
< 2.23
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/solidfire_baseboard_management_controller
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
Published
Dec 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026