Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8984
CVE-2015-8984
Description
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.
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5nvdMailing 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/72789nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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