High severity · published Mar 15, 2017
CVE-2015-8982
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…
8.1
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8982
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72602
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009
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