OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-466-1 ocaml security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8725 OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3437-1 OCaml vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4778-1 OCaml vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.141Z

Reserved: 2016-04-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8869

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-13T19:59:01.317

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

Link: CVE-2015-8869

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8869 - Bugzilla

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