CVE-2015-8948
libidn - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.0%
Description
idn in GNU libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
How to fix CVE-2015-8948
To remediate CVE-2015-8948, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libidn—upgrade to 1.33-r0 or later
- Debian/libidn—upgrade to 1.33-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.25-2+deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.29-1+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2015-8948 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.33-r0
- from 0, < 1.33-1
- from 0, < 1.25-2+deb7u2
- from 0, < 1.29-1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |