DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8777

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8777 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	glibc	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	glibc	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	glibc	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	glibc	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jan 20, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8777 advisory

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