CVE-2015-8985

Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3