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CVE-2015-20109

Published: 25/06/2023 Updated: 31/07/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

end_pattern (called from internal_fnmatch) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) prior to 2.22 might allow context-dependent malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by use of the fnmatch library function with the **(!() pattern. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2015-8984; also, some Linux distributions have fixed CVE-2015-8984 but have not fixed this additional fnmatch issue.

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DescriptionThe MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as: end_pattern (called from internal_fnmatch) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 222 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by use of the fnmatch library function with the **(!() pattern NOTE: this is not the ...