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Vulnerability details: VCID-uwgz-2m3w-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-uwgz-2m3w-aaan
Aliases CVE-2015-8778
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8778.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0680
cvssv3 8.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8778.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300303
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8121
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1781
generic_textual High https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7547
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generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8779
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cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8778
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-2015-8778.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-2015-8778.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8778
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=18240
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/83275
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
1300303 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300303
812441 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812441
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CVE-2015-8778 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8778
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: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8778.json
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8778
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-2015-8778
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 0.89396
EPSS Score 0.02311
Published At Dec. 27, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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