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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-15T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.166Z

Reserved: 2017-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8982

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-15T19:59:00.360

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:28:48.790

Link: CVE-2015-8982

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8982 - Bugzilla