{
    "id": "CVE-2015-8869",
    "published": "2016-06-13 19:59:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:35:24",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.05267",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92339",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "ocaml",
            "product": "ocaml"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296",
        "https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-15",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184507.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00081.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00037.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2576.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0564.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0565.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/29/6",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89318",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1296",
        "https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/commit/659615c7b100a89eafe6253e7a5b9d84d0e8df74#diff-a97df53e3ebc59bb457191b496c90762"
    ]
}