Medium severity5.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-1751
CVE-2020-1751
Description
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc before 2.31 when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. Specifically, the backtrace function did not properly check the array bounds when storing the frame address, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 2.38-6.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.38-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-100.21.5
- Red Hat/glibcv5Range: 2.31
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0002/nvdThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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