{"id":"CVE-2015-8869","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 ","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.","publishedAt":"2016-06-13T19:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T08:29:22.141Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318","https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:17.446Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2015/8xxx/CVE-2015-8869.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2015-8869","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2016-06-13T19:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T08:29:22.141Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296","name":"RHSA-2016:1296","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html","name":"RHSA-2016:2576","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15","name":"GLSA-201702-15","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:2273","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6","name":"[oss-security] 20160429 Re: buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html","name":"FEDORA-2016-1c4e616564","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html","name":"RHSA-2017:0564","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318","name":"89318","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html","name":"RHSA-2017:0565","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:1335","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1","name":"[oss-security] 20160429 buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-01-04T19:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2015-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2015-8869","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"RHSA-2016:1296","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296"},{"name":"RHSA-2016:2576","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html"},{"name":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html"},{"name":"GLSA-201702-15","refsource":"GENTOO","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:2273","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20160429 Re: buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6"},{"name":"FEDORA-2016-1c4e616564","refsource":"FEDORA","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html"},{"name":"RHSA-2017:0564","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html"},{"name":"89318","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318"},{"name":"https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762"},{"name":"RHSA-2017:0565","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:1335","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20160429 buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296","name":"RHSA-2016:1296","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html","name":"RHSA-2016:2576","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15","name":"GLSA-201702-15","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:2273","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6","name":"[oss-security] 20160429 Re: buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html","name":"FEDORA-2016-1c4e616564","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html","name":"RHSA-2017:0564","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318","name":"89318","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html","name":"RHSA-2017:0565","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2016:1335","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1","name":"[oss-security] 20160429 buffer overflow and information leak in OCaml < 4.03.0","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T08:29:22.141Z"}}]}}}