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.
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Information
Published : 2016-04-19 21:59
Updated : 2018-10-30 16:27
NVD link : CVE-2015-8778
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8778
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8778
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Products Affected
suse
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- suse_linux_enterprise_server
- linux_enterprise_debuginfo
- linux_enterprise_server
- linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
gnu
- glibc
opensuse
- opensuse
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer