Security Advisory

CVE-2015-5229

7.5
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date April 8, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory