CVE-2015-0235
No CVSS score yet. EPSS 95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."
- EPSS
- 95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:mac_os_x
- debian:debian_linux
- gnu:glibc
- ibm:pureapplication_system
- ibm:security_access_manager_for_enterprise_single_sign-on
- oracle:communications_application_session_controller
- oracle:communications_eagle_application_processor
- oracle:communications_eagle_lnp_application_processor
- oracle:communications_lsms
- oracle:communications_policy_management
- oracle:communications_session_border_controller
- oracle:communications_user_data_repository
- oracle:communications_webrtc_session_controller
- oracle:exalogic_infrastructure
- oracle:linux
- oracle:vm_virtualbox
- php:php
- redhat:virtualization
References
- http://blogs.sophos.com/2015/01/29/sophos-products-and-the-ghost-vulnerability-affecting-linux/
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0090.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html