CVE-2015-8984

MEDIUM

GNU Glibc < 2.21 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References (6)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0076

EPSS Percentile 73.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gnu/glibc < 2.21

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 20, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026