USN-8737-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 September 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a buffer overflow in the strfmon
function when handling right-justification padding. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-19499)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had an out-of-bounds stack array
access in the tdelete function. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-19542)

It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled memory when
calling wordexp with the WRDE_APPEND flag. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-6368)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a stack overflow in the wordexp
function when expanding paths beginning with a...

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a buffer overflow in the strfmon
function when handling right-justification padding. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-19499)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had an out-of-bounds stack array
access in the tdelete function. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-19542)

It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled memory when
calling wordexp with the WRDE_APPEND flag. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-6368)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a stack overflow in the wordexp
function when expanding paths beginning with a tilde followed by a long
username. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-6791)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a hang in the SHIFT_JISX0213
character set converter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-77117)

It was discovered that GNU C Library had a hang in the EUC_JISX0213
character set converter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-80489)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute libc6 –  2.43-2ubuntu2.4
22.04 LTS jammy libc6 –  2.35-0ubuntu3.15

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