CVE-2015-5276

CWE-200 ā€” Information ExposureCWE-12417 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU GCC
Timeline
PublishedNov 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4.9.4 does not properly handle short reads from blocking sources, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the random values via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

ā–¶NVDgnu/gcc< 4.9.4

šŸ”“Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rq8f-f9q7-5x24: The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4ā†—2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-5276: The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4ā†—2015-11-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-5276: The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4ā†—2015-11-17
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šŸ“‹Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
gcc: Predictable randomness from std::random_deviceā†—2015-02-20
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šŸ’¬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5276 gcc: Predictable randomness from std::random_device [fedora-all]ā†—2015-09-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5276 gcc: Predictable randomness from std::random_deviceā†—2015-09-14
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CVE-2015-5276 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | The std::random_device class in lib | cvebase.io