CVE-2015-8869
ocaml - security update
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8869
To remediate CVE-2015-8869, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ocaml—upgrade to 4.02.3-9 or later
- —upgrade to 3.12.1-4+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8869 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.02.3-9
- from 0, < 3.12.1-4+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |