vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8985): glibc vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 20, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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