VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8982

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability3.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references