VDB
CVE-2015-8869
CVE-2015-8869
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 3.77% · 88.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
3.77%
88.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | ocaml | 4.02.3-5ubuntu2, 0, 4.01.0-4ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | ocaml | 0, 3.12.1-4ubuntu1, 4.01.0-3ubuntu2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- RHSA-2016:1296 (circl)
- RHSA-2016:2576 (circl)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (circl)
- GLSA-201702-15 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2273 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160429 Re: buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0 (circl)
- FEDORA-2016-1c4e616564 (circl)
- RHSA-2017:0564 (circl)
- 89318 (circl)
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762 (circl)
…and 3 more exploits
Timeline
- Apr 29, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8869 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3437-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8869 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4778-1 vendor-advisory