High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
5- 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
- 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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