CVE-2015-5229
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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
Red Hat Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.7 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5229.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10150
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5229
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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