CVE-2015-8779
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 6.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.2% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-8651)
- Published
- April 19, 2016
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-8651 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- gnu / glibc
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3481
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82244
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17905
- https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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