# CVE-2015-7422: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can crash the IBM i Access application on Windows via a buffer overflow, requiring a patch to restore stability.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vg79-mr59-6j96

## What is CVE-2015-7422?

CVE-2015-7422 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Buffer overflow in IBM i Access 7.1 on Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7422?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm I Access.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-7422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-7422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- IBM i Access 7.1 - Local Buffer Overflow / Code Execution (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-2023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2023/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-0287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0287/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-8920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8920/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2018-1888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1888/): Other in i Access for Windows (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2015-7416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7416/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-7422 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-7422 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7422/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7422/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7422
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7422
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7422

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