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.
Published: 2016-06-13
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: 3.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-466-1 ocaml security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8725 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3437-1 OCaml vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4778-1 OCaml vulnerabilities
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Ocaml Ocaml
Opensuse Opensuse
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.141Z

Reserved: 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8869

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-13T19:59:01.317

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8869

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8869 - Bugzilla

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