VDB
CVE-2015-8983
CVE-2015-8983
PUBLISHED
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
EPSS 0.52% · 67.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.52%
67.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | eglibc | 0, 2.18-0ubuntu1, 2.18-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8983 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17269 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/15 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8983 third-party-advisory