Is CVE-2015-8985 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-8985 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-8985?

CVE-2015-8985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-8985?

CVE-2015-8985 has an EPSS score of 3.00% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8985?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.28-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-8985

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-19

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.28-1CVE-2015-8985

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

openwall.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-19 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-5477	High	7.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-9034	Medium	5.0	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-4977	High	8.8	79%	-	-
CVE-2016-3236	Critical	9.8	78%	-	-
CVE-2014-7141	Medium	6.4	76%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-5374	High	7.8	74%	-	-

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