{"id":"CVE-2015-8984","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:37:02.885517Z","published":"2017-03-20T16:59:01Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}