CVE-2015-5229

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-17

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 8, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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