CVE-2015-8948

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
idn in GNU libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8948
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-07T20:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-29T15:15:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libidn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.32
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
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:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8948
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8948
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:01:47 2016-09-07T20:59Z 2016-09-07T20:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:47 2021-06-29T15:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:47 Modified Vulnerability Status updated