CVE-2015-8948
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Out-of-bounds read
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
idn in GNU libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1Advisory