CVE-2015-8984

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 20 Mar 2017, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.76% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Mar 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.21

References (6)