vulnwire
7.5high

CVE-2016-5417

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.4%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92257 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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