CVE-2015-1781

Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent…

published September 28, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05012 · 92.2th percentile
Published
2015-09-28T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 SEP 20:00Z
    Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent…
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