Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2015-8985CVE-2015-8985
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.1%
The pop_fail_stack function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6)
allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion
failure and application crash) via vectors related to extended regular
expression processing.
Bugs
- <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21163>
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | PoC testcase in upstream bug report fix commit possibly introduced regression addressed by bc680b336971305cb39896b30d72dc7101b62242 |
Related
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.1%