CVE-2015-8778

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8778
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-19T21:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:37
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.22
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18240 Issue Tracking
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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83275
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8778
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8778
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:54:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:04:09 2016-04-19T21:59Z 2016-04-19T21:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:04:09 2018-10-30T16:27:37 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:04:09 Modified Vulnerability Status updated