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HistoryOct 09, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

K16057 : GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2015-0235

2015-10-0900:00:00
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8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.975 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%

Security Advisory Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc’s __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function, which is used by the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() glibc function calls. A remote attacker may be able to use this flaw to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0235)

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.975 High

EPSS

Percentile

100.0%