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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8984

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8984 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 20, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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