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ALPINE-CVE-2016-9840

ALPINE-CVE-2016-9840 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.3zlib1.2.8-r2, 1.2.8-r1, 1.2.8-r0
Alpine:v3.6perl5.22.0-r0, 5.22.1-r0, 5.24.0-r0
Alpine:v3.5zlib1.2.3.3-r2, 1.2.3.3-r3, 1.2.3.3-r4
Alpine:v3.5perl5.20.1-r0, 5.20.0-r0, 5.18.2-r0
Alpine:v3.4zlib0, 1.2.3.3-r3, 1.2.3.3-r4

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • May 23, 2017 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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