CVE-2016-6082: ibm corporation bigfix platform Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6082 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Use After Free vulnerability in ibm corporation bigfix platform. EPSS estimates a 4.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-02-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM BigFix Platform could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free race condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.