Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2015-8778
Integer overflow in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the size argument to the __hcreate_r function, which triggers out-of-bounds heap-memory access.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:5.51%
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Attack Surface
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 23 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04, 15.10 |
| gnu | glibc | all |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11, 12 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11, 12 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11, 12 |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 12 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
5.515%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Red Hat, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2016-01-19T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2016-04-19T21:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2016-01-19 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T08:29:21 |
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