Description
Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2017-03-15
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8836 Integer overflow in the strxfrm function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3239-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.166Z

Reserved: 2017-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8982

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-15T19:59:00.360

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-8982

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8982 - Bugzilla

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