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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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-411-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3480-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3481-1 glibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8650 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:21.859Z

Reserved: 2016-01-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8778

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-19T21:59:04.990

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8778

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8778 - Bugzilla

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