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Vulnerability details: VCID-7wat-27ue-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-7wat-27ue-aaac
Aliases CVE-2015-8779
Summary Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8779.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0680
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generic_textual High https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7547
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generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2985-1
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8779.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8779.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8779
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8121
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1781
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7547
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8776
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8777
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8778
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8779
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2985-1
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82244
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
1300312 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300312
812455 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812455
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CVE-2015-8779 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8779
RHSA-2017:0680 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0680
USN-2985-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2985-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8779
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8779
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.91088
EPSS Score 0.03272
Published At Dec. 27, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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