A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library 2.38. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function __monstartup of the file gmon.c of the component Call Graph Monitor. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220246 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The inputs that induce this vulnerability are basically addresses of the running application that is built with gmon enabled. It's basically trusted input or input that needs an actual security flaw to be compromised or controlled.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20230204114138.5436-1-leo%40yuriev.ru/ Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29444 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20230204114138.5436-1-leo%40yuriev.ru/ Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29444 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-14 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20230204114138.5436-1-leo%40yuriev.ru/ Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29444 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220246 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220246 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20230204114138.5436-1-leo%40yuriev.ru/ Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29444 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220246 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220246 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html