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CVE-2015-8984
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-20T16:59:01.500 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:37.180

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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References

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