CVE-2015-20109

glibc: buffer overflow (read past end of buffer) in internal_fnmatch=>end_pattern with "**(!()" pattern

Published Jun 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
end_pattern (called from internal_fnmatch) 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), as demonstrated by use of the fnmatch library function with the **(!() pattern. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2015-8984; also, some Linux distributions have fixed CVE-2015-8984 but have not fixed this additional fnmatch issue.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2112 end_pattern (called from internal_fnmatch) 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), as demonstrated by use of the fnmatch library function with the **(!() pattern. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2015-8984; also, some Linux distributions have fixed CVE-2015-8984 but have not fixed this additional fnmatch issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6762-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 27, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved
Jun 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 25, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:23 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 25, 2023, 12:00 AM