{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2026-04-22T10:43:58.722455Z","published":"2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3239-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8984"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8984"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8984"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"eglibc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.10?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"}]}],"versions":["2.17-93ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu1","2.18-0ubuntu2","2.18-0ubuntu4","2.18-0ubuntu5","2.18-0ubuntu6","2.18-0ubuntu7","2.19-0ubuntu2","2.19-0ubuntu3","2.19-0ubuntu4","2.19-0ubuntu5","2.19-0ubuntu6","2.19-0ubuntu6.1","2.19-0ubuntu6.3","2.19-0ubuntu6.4","2.19-0ubuntu6.5","2.19-0ubuntu6.6","2.19-0ubuntu6.7","2.19-0ubuntu6.8","2.19-0ubuntu6.9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"eglibc-source","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc-bin","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc-dev-bin","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-amd64","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-armel","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-dev-amd64","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-dev-armel","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-dev-i386","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-dev-ppc64","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-dev-x32","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-i386","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-pic","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-ppc64","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-prof","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"libc6-x32","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"multiarch-support","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"},{"binary_name":"nscd","binary_version":"2.19-0ubuntu6.10"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8984.json"}}],"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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}