VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0689

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-10-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The getgrouplist function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and execute arbitrary code when a user is a member of a large number of groups, which can cause a buffer overflow.

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