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CVE-2015-8982
CVE-2015-8982
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.100000381469727 HIGH
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.
EPSS 3.80% · 89.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.80%
89.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | eglibc | 0, 2.18-0ubuntu1, 2.18-0ubuntu6 |
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
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- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8982 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=0f9e585480ed third-party-advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/08/2 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8982 third-party-advisory