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CVE-2015-8984

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 2.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8984
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
2.43%

Original NVD 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.