CVE-2010-4756

N/A Unknown
Published: March 02, 2011 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

The glob implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, as demonstrated by glob expressions in STAT commands to an FTP daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://cxib.net/stuff/glob-0day.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/exploitalert/9223
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4756
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
54th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

gnu