CVE-2015-8982

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8982
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-15T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-29T15:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.20
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=0f9e585480ed Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72602 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8982
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8982
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:45:05 2017-03-15T19:59Z 2017-03-15T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:45:05 2021-06-29T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:45:05 Modified Vulnerability Status updated