CVE-2015-8778 | BDVDB-2026-75340 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18240
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83275
- 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
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.