CVE-2026-18374

Summary

Passing an effectively empty string to the ,ccs= syntax extension of the mode argument in the fopen function in the GNU C Library version 2.45 or earlier may result in a heap buffer overflow when the mode string input to the function is attacker controlled.

This usage pattern is not seen in applications in common GNU/Linux distributions and applications that process user-supplied values for ccs should not pass them through without validation.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
The GNU C Libraryglibc0 < 2.45affected

Weaknesses

  • Buffer overflow in fopen mode argument processing
  • CWE-787: CWE-787 Out-of-bounds write

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