FKIE_CVE-2015-8776
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-19 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
Summary
The strftime function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via an out-of-range time value.
References
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