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CVE-2015-7547

8.1
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
93.91%
HIGH RiskEPSS (100th percentile)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to the getaddrinfo function with the AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET6 address family, related to performing "dual A/AAAA DNS queries" and the libnss_dns.so.2 NSS module.

Published: 2/18/2016
Modified: 4/12/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

93.91%HIGH Exploitation Risk
100th percentile

This vulnerability has a 93.91% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

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