UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8779
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8779
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Published
2016-04-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:31Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen 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 execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.8

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64",
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        },
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        },
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}