CVE-2015-8982

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…

published March 15, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03797 · 89.9th percentile
Published
2017-03-15T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAR 19:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5