CVE-2015-8985

medium

Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular expression processing.

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
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.28-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.28-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.28-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.28-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.28-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	glibc	`{"endExcluding":"2.28"}`	`2.28`

References

CWEs

CWE-19

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.