VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5229

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The calloc function in the glibc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 and 7.2 does not properly initialize memory areas, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via unspecified vectors.

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