CVE-2015-8984

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8984
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-20T16:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-22T19:12:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.21
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html Vendor Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8984
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:55:58 2017-03-20T16:59Z 2017-03-20T16:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:55:58 2017-03-22T19:12:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:55:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated