Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8869
CVE-2015-8869
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.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ocaml&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ocaml&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.02.1-3.4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.02.1-3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 4.02.3-6.6.14
Patches
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References
13- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296nvd
- github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15nvd
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