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Case File

CVE-2015-8869

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 5.27% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2015-8869
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
5.27%

Original NVD 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.