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.
Published: 2017-03-20
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8838 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3239-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.160Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-8984

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-20T16:59:01.500

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

Link: CVE-2015-8984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8984 - Bugzilla

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