DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8984

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8984

    Published: 20 Mar 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8984

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8984

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.21-1

    Affected versions

    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