CVE-2015-8984

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 72%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
gnuglibc
𝑥
≤ 2.21
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
glibc
bookworm
2.36-9+deb12u8
fixed
bookworm (security)
2.36-9+deb12u7
fixed
bullseye
2.31-13+deb11u11
fixed
bullseye (security)
2.31-13+deb11u10
fixed
sid
2.40-3
fixed
trixie
2.40-3
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
eglibc
precise
Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.16
released
trusty
Fixed 2.19-0ubuntu6.10
released
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
glibc
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
yakkety
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html