# CVE-2015-20109: end\_pattern (called from internal\_fnmatch) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 might allow context-dependent attackers to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-25 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

end_pattern (called from internal_fnmatch) 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), as demonstrated by use of the fnmatch library function with the **(!() pattern. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2015-8984; also, some Linux distributions have fixed CVE-2015-8984 but have not fixed this additional fnmatch issue.

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## References

- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18036
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0009/

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