ALPINE-CVE-2016-8859

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CVE-2016-8859
Published: 13 Feb 2017, 18:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Feb 2017, 18:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•musl

    < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.11-r3 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.12-r6 | < 1.1.14-r13 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4 | < 1.1.15-r4

References (1)