CVE-2015-5229

HIGH

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and 7.2 - Denial of Service via calloc Memory Initialization Issue

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84172
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0176.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246713
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256285
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293976

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0224
EPSS Percentile 81.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (9)
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.7
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Apr 08, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026