CVE-2015-5180

high
Published 2017-06-27 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VIR risk
7.5

Description

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.24-9
debian debianbullseyefixed2.24-9
debian debianforkyfixed2.24-9
debian debiansidfixed2.24-9
debian debiantrixiefixed2.24-9
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnuglibc{"endIncluding":"2.24"}

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.