CVE-2015-8778
high-risk
Published 2016-04-19
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.
Do I need to act?
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9.8% 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 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
References (44)
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
Third Party Advisory
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
and 24 more references
64
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
11/34 · Low
Exposure
21/34 · High