Description
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2017-03-20
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8837 Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-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: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.303Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-8983

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-20T16:59:01.453

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

Link: CVE-2015-8983

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8983 - Bugzilla

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