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CVE-2015-8777

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.57%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2015-8777
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.57%

Original NVD Description

The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.