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Critical
CVE-2015-8869
OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which...
Vulnerability Description
OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
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Vulnerable Versions:
24, 13.2, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 13th, 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:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.