CVE-2015-8779 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE. This flaw, residing in the catopen function, allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a long catalog name. Despite its CVSS v3 score of 9.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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