FKIE_CVE-2015-8779
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-19 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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