{"cve":"CVE-2015-8985","nvd":{"published":"2017-03-20T16:59:01.563","modified":"2026-06-17T00:35:37.307","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-19"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76916","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779392","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/9"],"products":["gnu:glibc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8985","score":0.0287,"percentile":0.86796,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}