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CVE-2021-3998

Published: 8/24/2022 Last updated: 6/9/2025 Reserved: 11/22/2021

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7.5 High CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Opam packages affected (1)

gettext-stub

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
glibc n/a n/a

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