CVE-2015-20109

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jun 25, 2023
Updated: Jul 31, 2023
CWE ID 120

Summary

CVE-2015-20109 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the GNU C Library (glibc or libc6) prior to version 2.22. The issue lies within the 'end_pattern' function used in the 'internal_fnmatch' module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by employing a specially crafted pattern with the fnmatch library function, leading to an application crash and resulting in a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2015-8984, with some Linux distributions addressing the latter issue but not yet this additional fnmatch vulnerability.

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