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HistoryOct 09, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

K16057 : GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2015-0235

2015-10-0900:00:00
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8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.975 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%

Security Advisory Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc’s __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function, which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function calls. A remote attacker may be able to use this flaw to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0235)

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.