CVE-2015-8869

9.1 CRITICAL

Published: June 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html