{"id":"CVE-2015-8983","details":"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triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:15:20.566083Z","published":"2017-03-20T16:59:01Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:15:20.566083Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2022:14923-1"],"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72740"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17269"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bdf1ff052a8e23d637f2c838fa5642d78fcedc33"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}