CVE-2015-8985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu Subscribe	Glibc Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-8839	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8985
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8985

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-20T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.172Z

Reserved: 2017-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8985

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-20T16:59:01.563

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-8985

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8985 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-19

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