CVE-2015-8984

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Glibc
PublishedMar 20, 2017
First seenMar 20, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu glibcv ≤ 2.21—

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