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CVE-2015-8778
published 2016-04-19

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…

critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
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

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianglibc< glibc 2.21-8 (bookworm)glibc 2.21-8 (bookworm)
eglibceglibc>= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.82.19-0ubuntu6.8
eglibceglibc>= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.92.19-0ubuntu6.9
fedoraprojectfedora
gnuglibc<= 2.22
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-82.21-8
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-82.21-8
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-82.21-8
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-82.21-8
opensuseopensuse
suselinux_enterprise_debuginfo
suselinux_enterprise_desktop
suselinux_enterprise_desktop
suselinux_enterprise_server
suselinux_enterprise_server
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kit
suselinux_enterprise_software_development_kit
susesuse_linux_enterprise_server

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv9.8CRITICAL