Critical severity · published Aug 18, 2017
CVE-2015-1817
Stack-based buffer overflow in the inet_pton function in network/inet_pton.c in musl libc 0.9.15 through 1.0.4, and 1.1.0 through 1.1.7 allows attackers to have unspecified impact…
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the inet_pton function in network/inet_pton.c in musl libc 0.9.15 through 1.0.4, and 1.1.0 through 1.1.7 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
Musl · Musl-libc
0.9.15; 1.0.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.2; 1.0.3; 1.0.4; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1817
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1817
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/30/3
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73408
More from Musl
9.8
CVE-2014-3484
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the __dn_expand function in network/dn_expand.c in musl libc 1.1x before 1.1.2 and 0.9.13 through 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to (1) have…
9.8
CVE-2019-14697
musl libc through 1.1.23 has an x87 floating-point stack adjustment imbalance, related to the math/i386/ directory
8.1
CVE-2026-40200
An issue was discovered in musl libc 0.7.10 through 1.2.6
7.5
CVE-2017-15650
musl libc before 1.1.17 has a buffer overflow via crafted DNS replies because dns_parse_callback in network/lookup_name.c does not restrict the number of addresses, and thus an…
7.0
CVE-2025-26519
musl libc 0.9.13 through 1.2.5 before 1.2.6 has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when an attacker can trigger iconv conversion of untrusted EUC-KR text to UTF-8