Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting glibc-static package, versions <0:2.17-196.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.47% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GLIBCSTATIC-2085361
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Apr 2015

Introduced: 10 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-8778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 glibc-static to version 0:2.17-196.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-static package and not the glibc-static package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow 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 the size argument to the __hcreate_r function, which triggers out-of-bounds heap-memory access.