The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

The fnmatch function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed pattern, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• [oss-security] 20170214 Re: Pending CVE requests for glibc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 72789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150226 CVE request: glibc: potential application crash due to overread in fnmatch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4a28f4d55a6cc33474c0792fe93b5942d81bf185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [libc-alpha] 20150814 The GNU C Library version 2.22 is now available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18032 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:36 UTC.