DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8984

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-8984
Downstream
DLA-316-1
Published: 20 Mar 2017, 16:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Mar 2017, 16:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:14
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

Affected Systems

  • debian•glibc

    < 2.21-1 | < 2.21-1 | < 2.21-1 | < 2.21-1

References (1)