CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-1010022

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
3.25%

88th percentile - higher than 88% of all known CVEs

Summary

GNU Libc current is affected by a mitigation bypass in the nptl component. An attacker may bypass stack guard protection by exploiting a stack buffer overflow vulnerability together with this bypass. Upstream comments indicate this is being treated as a non-security bug and no real threat.

Risk Assessment

Combined with a stack buffer overflow vulnerability, an attacker may bypass the stack guard mechanism, increasing the risk of successful code execution.

Recommendation

Monitor GNU Libc upstream status; apply additional protections (e.g., ASLR, hardened compilation) and update the library once official fixes are available.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

GNU Libc current is affected by: Mitigation bypass. The impact is: Attacker may bypass stack guard protection. The component is: nptl. The attack vector is: Exploit stack buffer overflow vulnerability and use this bypass vulnerability to bypass stack guard. NOTE: Upstream comments indicate "this is being treated as a non-security bug and no real threat.

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