CVE-2015-8984

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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