MGASA-2017-0222: valgrind Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 28-07-2017Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2017-0222 is a vulnerability in valgrind Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 9 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-2226CVE-2016-4487CVE-2016-4488CVE-2016-4489CVE-2016-4490CVE-2016-4491

Timeline

  1. 28-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated valgrind packages fix security vulnerabilities It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2016-2226). It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Valgrind to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131).

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EPSS trend

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • valgrind< 3.10.1-2.1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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