CVE-2015-8869
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8869
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8869.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8869
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-13T19:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
- Downstream
- Severity
-
- 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
OCaml before 4.03.0 does not properly handle sign extensions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks or obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by a long string to the String.copy function.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8869
Affected packages
Debian:11 / ocaml
Package
- Name
- ocaml
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ocaml?arch=source
Debian:12 / ocaml
Package
- Name
- ocaml
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ocaml?arch=source
Debian:13 / ocaml
Package
- Name
- ocaml
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ocaml?arch=source