CVE-2015-8984
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.21-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.21-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.21-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.21-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.21-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | {"endIncluding":"2.21"} | |
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://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8984
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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