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The glob implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 4, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 2, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Nov 4, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2010-4756

GHSA ID

GHSA-x2r9-jfjp-jvp9

Source code

No known source code

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