CVE-2001-0886 describes a buffer overflow in the glibc glob function, affecting Debian and Red Hat Linux distributions. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting a glob pattern ending with a brace character. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), it requires local access and has low attack complexity, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
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