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CVE-2015-1781

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 5.01%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-09-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2015-1781
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
5.01%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the gethostbyname_r and other unspecified NSS functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response, which triggers a call with a misaligned buffer.