VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-8983
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability3.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-20
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 _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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory