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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-20T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.172Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-8985

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-03-20T16:59:01.563

Modified: 2020-03-31T14:47:20.790

Link: CVE-2015-8985

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8985 - Bugzilla