CVE-2016-3075

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 01 Jun 2016, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
12.19% MEDIUM
12% probability +1.31%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Jun 2016, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 12.19%• Percentile: 94%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    23

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.23

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.2

References (9)