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CVE-2015-5180

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jun 27, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5180
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical16.04 (including)16.04 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatglibc-0:2.17-222.el7*
EglibcUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
EglibcUbuntuprecise*
EglibcUbuntuprecise/esm*
EglibcUbuntutrusty*
EglibcUbuntutrusty/esm*
EglibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntuartful*
GlibcUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
GlibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntuvivid*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
GlibcUbuntuwily*
GlibcUbuntuxenial*
GlibcUbuntuyakkety*
GlibcUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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