VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8984
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.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.