What is CVE-2005-3590?

CVE-2005-3590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2005-3590?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2005-3590

The getgrouplist function in the GNU C library (glibc) before version 2.3.5, when invoked with a zero argument, writes to the passed pointer even if the specified array size is zero, leading to a buffer overflow and potentially allowing at…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Glibc
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3590?: CVE-2005-3590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2005-3590?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.