CVE-2015-8776

Description

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.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.89% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sourceware.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 issue tracking mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83277 vdb entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18985 issue tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8776?
CVE-2015-8776 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8776?
To fix CVE-2015-8776, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-8776 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8776 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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