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CVE-2015-8982
HIGH · CVSS 8.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-15T19:59:00.360 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:36.913

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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