CVE-2015-8869

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
Description
OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8869
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-13T19:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
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:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ocaml:ocaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.02.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8869
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8869
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:54:38 2016-06-13T19:59Z 2016-06-13T19:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:54:38 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:54:38 Modified Vulnerability Status updated