ALPINE-CVE-2016-9842

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CVE-2016-9842
Published: 23 May 2017, 04:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2017, 04:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•perl

    < 5.24.3-r1 | < 5.24.3-r1

  • alpine•zlib

    < 1.2.11-r0 | < 1.2.11-r0 | < 1.2.11-r0

References (1)