Published: 20/03/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.2

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The fnmatch function 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) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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USN-3239-1 introduced a regression in the GNU C Library ...

Several security issues were fixed in the GNU C Library ...

USN-3239-1 introduced a regression in the GNU C Library ...

CWE-125 https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72789 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/5 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3239-3/

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