UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8984

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-8984
Downstream
USN-3239-1
Published: 31 Dec 2015, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:25

Vulnerability Summary

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

Timeline

31 Dec 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:25
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

  • ubuntu•eglibc

    < 2.19-0ubuntu6.10

References (6)