CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for glibc by gnu.
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gnu glibc has 166 published CVE records since 2000, of which 1 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 52 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 7.1.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting gnu glibc, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list.
How the CVSS severity of gnu glibc's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
120 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
1
One of gnu glibc's CVEs is confirmed exploited in the wild.
Public exploits
52
52 of gnu glibc's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every gnu glibc version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
166 CVEs
Added to CISA KEV 2023-11-21
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The CWE weakness categories most often found in gnu glibc CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many gnu glibc CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about gnu glibc vulnerabilities.
gnu glibc has 166 published CVE records since 2000.
Yes — 1 of gnu glibc's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Yes — 52 of gnu glibc's CVEs have a known public exploit.
27 distinct gnu glibc versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
gnu glibc's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion), CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')).
gnu glibc has 5 critical and 24 high-severity CVEs.
The average CVSS base score across gnu glibc's scored CVEs is 7.1.
Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.
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