CVE-2015-8778 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2015-8778

Integer overflow in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

fedoraproject

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Affected Software

fedora, debian linux, ubuntu linux, glibc, linux enterprise debuginfo, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
23, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 0, 11, 13.2, 12

Timeline

Official Publish: April 19th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.