CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8869

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2016-06-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-200

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.

Affected configurations

• fedoraproject fedora 24 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • ocaml ocaml (<= 4.02.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References