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CVE-2021-3999

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.73%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-08-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-3999
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.73%

Original NVD 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.