CVE-2014-0475
glibc: directory traversal in LC_* locale handling
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 9, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A directory traveral flaw was found in the way glibc loaded locale files. An attacker able to make an application use a specially crafted locale name value (for example, specified in an LC_* environment variable) could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')