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CVE-2015-8779 Critical

CVE-2015-8779

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

Exploit probability 6.0%
Published April 19, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change April 16, 2026

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-8779

Stack-based buffer overflow in the catopen function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long catalog name.

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