Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU C Library
CVE-2015-8776
9.1CRITICAL
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Suse
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 19 April 2016
Summary
The strftime function in the GNU C Library (glibc) prior to version 2.23 is susceptible to a denial of service attack. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability through context-dependent manipulation of time values, potentially leading to application crashes or unauthorized access to sensitive information.
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved