CVE-2015-8984 — Out-of-bounds Read in Glibc

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Glibc
Timeline
PublishedMar 20
Latest updateJun 25

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/glibc< 2.21-1+3
▶NVDgnu/glibc2.21

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cpjm-j6p4-7vf4: The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-8984: The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2↗2017-03-20
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8984: The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2↗2017-03-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
glibc: buffer overflow (read past end of buffer) in internal_fnmatch=>end_pattern with "**(!()" pattern↗2023-06-25
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Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities↗2017-03-21
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Red Hat
glibc: potential denial of service in internal_fnmatch()↗2015-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2015-8984: glibc - The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8984 glibc: potential denial of service in internal_fnmatch() [fedora-all]↗2015-03-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8984 glibc: potential denial of service in internal_fnmatch()↗2015-03-02
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