CVE-2015-8984

glibc: potential denial of service in internal_fnmatch()

Published Mar 20, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8838 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3239-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:36 AM
Reserved
Feb 14, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 20, 2017, 4:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 26, 2015, 12:00 AM