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CVE-2015-8982

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 3.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8982
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
3.80%

Original NVD Description

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.