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CVE-2015-8778 json

Integer overflow in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (app…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8650

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • glibc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.21-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8778

  • eglibc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.19-0ubuntu6.8

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8778

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • glibc RHEL 7 2.17-196.el7
  • nscd RHEL 7 2.17-196.el7
  • glibc-utils RHEL 7 2.17-196.el7
  • glibc-common RHEL 7 2.17-196.el7
  • glibc-debuginfo-common RHEL 7 2.17-196.el7
  • glibc RHEL 6 2.12-1.209.el6
  • nscd RHEL 6 2.12-1.209.el6
  • glibc-utils RHEL 6 2.12-1.209.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1916RHSA-2017:0680

  • glibc SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 2.11.3-17.95.2
  • glibc SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 2.19-22.13.1
  • glibc SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 2.19-35.1
  • glibc SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 2.11.3-17.45.66.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1SUSE-SU-2016:0473-1SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1

  • glibc openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.24-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8778 updated cvss 8.1

glibc: Integer overflow in hcreate and hcreate_r

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glibc, compat-glibc Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 compat-glibc Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-glibc
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) nscd 2.17-196.el7, glibc 2.17-196.el7, glibc-utils 2.17-196.el7, glibc-common 2.17-196.el7, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) nscd 2.17-196.el7, glibc 2.17-196.el7, glibc-utils 2.17-196.el7, glibc-common 2.17-196.el7, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1916
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nscd 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-utils 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-common 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nscd 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-utils 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-common 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nscd 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-utils 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-common 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) nscd 2.17-196.el7, glibc 2.17-196.el7, glibc-utils 2.17-196.el7, glibc-common 2.17-196.el7, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1916
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1916
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nscd 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-utils 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-common 2.12-1.209.el6, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) nscd 2.17-196.el7, glibc 2.17-196.el7, glibc-utils 2.17-196.el7, glibc-common 2.17-196.el7, glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1916
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.12-1.209.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0680
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) glibc-debuginfo-common 2.17-196.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1916

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Exploit prediction

5.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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