glibc: directory traversal in LC_* locale handling
Published Jul 29, 2014
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.69%
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to bypass ForceCommand restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact via a .. (dot dot) in a (1) LC_*, (2) LANG, or other locale environment variable.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.19
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1.6
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.9
- 2.10.1
- 2.11
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.12
- 2.12.1
- 2.12.2
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.14.1
- 2.15
- 2.16
- 2.17
- 2.18
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
glibc-0:2.5-118.el5_10.3
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1110
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.4
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1110
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
glibc-0:2.17-55.el7_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1110
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc-0:2.5-118.el5_10.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1110 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6_5.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1110 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | glibc-0:2.17-55.el7_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1110 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02694) | 85.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02694) | 83.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 51.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 82.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 81.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00834) | 79.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 81.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68505 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102353 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0475
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0475
Change history (0)
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