CVE-2015-8869
critical
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 4.03.0-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.02.3-9 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.02.3-9 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.02.3-9 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.02.3-9 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.02.3-9 |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ocaml | ocaml | {"endIncluding":"4.02.3"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8869.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-17
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8869
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.