CVE-2015-8982

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8982
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:28:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
oss-security - CVE Requests - glibc overflows (strxfrm) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
16009 – Possible buffer overflow in strxfrm CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Patch
GNU glibc 'strxfrm()' Function Local Integer Overflow and Stack Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
oss-security - Re: Pending CVE requests for glibc MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 753208 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (SUSE-SU-2022:14923-1)
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