VDB
CVE-2016-2851
CVE-2016-2851
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
EPSS 25.40% · 97.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
25.40%
97.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libotr | 0, 4.0.0-2.2, 4.0.0-2.2ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Mar 9, 2016 CVE Published
- Mar 10, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 1, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2851 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2926-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2851 third-party-advisory