vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2015-8779
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 19, 2016 | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Feb 9, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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