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CVE-2015-8776

Published: Apr 19, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8776
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

The strftime function 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_enterprise_debuginfoSuse11-sp2 (including)11-sp2 (including)
Linux_enterprise_debuginfoSuse11-sp3 (including)11-sp3 (including)
Linux_enterprise_debuginfoSuse11-sp4 (including)11-sp4 (including)
OpensuseOpensuse13.2 (including)13.2 (including)
Linux_enterprise_desktopSuse11-sp3 (including)11-sp3 (including)
Linux_enterprise_desktopSuse11-sp4 (including)11-sp4 (including)
Linux_enterprise_desktopSuse12 (including)12 (including)
Linux_enterprise_desktopSuse12-sp1 (including)12-sp1 (including)
Linux_enterprise_serverSuse11-sp2 (including)11-sp2 (including)
Linux_enterprise_serverSuse11-sp3 (including)11-sp3 (including)
Linux_enterprise_serverSuse11-sp4 (including)11-sp4 (including)
Linux_enterprise_serverSuse12-sp1 (including)12-sp1 (including)
Linux_enterprise_software_development_kitSuse11-sp3 (including)11-sp3 (including)
Linux_enterprise_software_development_kitSuse11-sp4 (including)11-sp4 (including)
Linux_enterprise_software_development_kitSuse12 (including)12 (including)
Linux_enterprise_software_development_kitSuse12-sp1 (including)12-sp1 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_serverSuse12 (including)12 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatglibc-0:2.12-1.209.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatglibc-0:2.17-196.el7*
EglibcUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
EglibcUbuntuprecise*
EglibcUbuntutrusty*
EglibcUbuntutrusty/esm*
EglibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntuupstream*
GlibcUbuntuvivid*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
GlibcUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
GlibcUbuntuwily*

References

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