CVE-2015-8982
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8982
To remediate CVE-2015-8982, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.21-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8982 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.21-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |