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cve[email protected]CVE-2015-8778
HistoryApr 19, 2016 - 9:59 p.m.

CVE-2015-8778

2016-04-1921:59:04
CWE-119
web.nvd.nist.gov
88
cve-2015-8778
gnu c library
glibc
libc6
integer overflow
denial of service
application crash
arbitrary code execution
nvd
security vulnerability

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.035 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.5%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch23
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.10
Node
gnuglibcRange2.22
Node
suselinux_enterprise_debuginfoMatch11sp2
OR
suselinux_enterprise_debuginfoMatch11sp3
OR
suselinux_enterprise_debuginfoMatch11sp4
OR
opensuseopensuseMatch13.2
OR
suselinux_enterprise_desktopMatch11sp3
OR
suselinux_enterprise_desktopMatch11sp4
OR
suselinux_enterprise_desktopMatch12
OR
suselinux_enterprise_desktopMatch12sp1
OR
suselinux_enterprise_serverMatch11sp2lts
OR
suselinux_enterprise_serverMatch11sp3
OR
suselinux_enterprise_serverMatch11sp3vmware
OR
suselinux_enterprise_serverMatch11sp4
OR
suselinux_enterprise_serverMatch12sp1
OR
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitMatch11sp3
OR
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitMatch11sp4
OR
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitMatch12
OR
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kitMatch12sp1
OR
susesuse_linux_enterprise_serverMatch12

References

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.035 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.5%