Vulnerability CVE-2022-39046


Published: 2022-08-31

Description:
An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.

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Topic
Author
Date
High
glibc syslog() Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
Qualys Security ...
01.02.2024

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

 References:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536

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