CVE-2017-7476
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The...
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-7476- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-7476- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16497 No score
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16497- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m9rq-c483-gg38
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The...
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
- Record
GHSA-m9rq-c483-gg38- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10694-1 No score
coreutils-8.32-8.5 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the coreutils-8.32-8.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10694-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10735-1 No score
emacs-27.2-6.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the emacs-27.2-6.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10735-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-7476 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gnulib, published May 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.65%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in coreutils 8.32-8.5.