CVE-2015-8984

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    CVE-2015-8984

    Published: 20 Mar 2017Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789, https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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