CVE-2015-8776
high-risk
Published 2016-04-19
The strftime function 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.
Do I need to act?
~
7.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.1/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
References (38)
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18985
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
and 18 more references
62
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
31/34 · Critical
Exploitability
10/34 · Low
Exposure
21/34 · High