VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-0235

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability94.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-01-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2 function, aka "GHOST."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references