High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8982
CVE-2015-8982
Description
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.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSS
< 2.11.3-17.110.40.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.40.1
Patches
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References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72602nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
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