CVE•Published 2017-03-20•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2015-8983Gnu · Glibc
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-20
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2015-8983Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Gnu Glibc"All exposed Gnu Glibc instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Glibc"HTTP body or banner mentions "Glibc" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2015-8983Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2015-8983Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2015-8983Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2015-8983GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2015-8983" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.