CVE-2015-8983 | BDVDB-2026-82967 Detail
Description#
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17269
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-08/msg00609.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bdf1ff052a8e23d637f2c838fa5642d78fcedc33
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72740
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.