Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2017
CVE-2015-8984
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…
5.9
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8984
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8984
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
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