CVE-2015-8982
glibc: multiple overflows in strxfrm()
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 13, 2015
Updated · May 13, 2026
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 score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound