CVE-2015-8983
N/A
Published: March 20, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72740x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17269Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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