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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1751

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.

Products
glibc
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.30-3
CVEs
CVE-2020-1751
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1751

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Apr 2020, 19:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1751

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.30-3

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.30-3

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.30-3

Complete source record
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