VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8869
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.
CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 5.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.27% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-200
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · ocaml/ocaml
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.