CVE-2015-8985

medium

Description

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.

References

Advisories

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-20

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H