USN-4954-1: glibc Ubuntu

Published
Published 14-05-2021Last modified 27-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-4954-1 is a vulnerability in glibc Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2009-5155CVE-2020-6096

Timeline

  1. 14-05-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

glibc vulnerabilities Jason Royes and Samuel Dytrych discovered that the memcpy() implementation for 32 bit ARM processors in the GNU C Library contained an integer underflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-6096) It was discovered that the POSIX regex implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly parse alternatives. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-5155)

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EPSS trend

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Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu1 product
  • glibc< 2.23-0ubuntu11.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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