CVE-2015-8777
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.07%Published: 1/20/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8777
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.21-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |