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CVE-2015-8778

Published: 19 April 2016

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Szabolcs Nagy discovered that the hcreate functions in the GNU C Library did not properly check its size argument, leading to an integer overflow. An attacker could use to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (2.15-0ubuntu10.14)
trusty
Released (2.19-0ubuntu6.8)
upstream Needed

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needed

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily
Released (2.21-0ubuntu4.2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(2.23-0ubuntu1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(2.23-0ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(2.23-0ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=2f5c1750558fe64bac361f52d6827ab1bcfe52bc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H