CVE-2015-8776

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The strftime 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 obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 19, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-8776: Critical severity, CVSS 9.1 | Vulnix