ALPINE-CVE-2016-9843

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CVE-2016-9843
Published: 23 May 2017, 04:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
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
03 Dec 2025, 22:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•mariadb

    < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0 | < 10.1.37-r0 | < 10.1.37-r0 | < 10.2.19-r0 | < 10.3.11-r0

  • 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)