CVE-2021-3999EPSS p55.7%

CVE-2021-3999CVE-2021-3999

gnu / glibc

Description

A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.80% probability of exploitation · percentile 55.7% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z
Last modified2026-10-14
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