CVE-2020-1751

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in glibc when handling signal trampolines on PowerPC. 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.

This flaw did not affect the versions of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, as they did not include the vulnerable code, which was introduced in a later version of the package.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.