CVE-2015-8982 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72602 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16009 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=0f9e585480ed

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1