PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2015-8778Integer overflow
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.03 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.7%
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.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/83275
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18240
www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.03 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.7%