VDB
CVE-2016-2851
CVE-2016-2851
PUBLISHED
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 21.26% · 95.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
21.26%
95.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libotr | 0, 4.0.0-2.2, 4.0.0-2.2ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0708 (circl)
- USN-2926-1 (circl)
- 20160309 Advisory X41-2016-001: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr" (circl)
- DSA-3512 (circl)
- GLSA-201701-10 (circl)
- 84285 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0732 (circl)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 (vulncheck-nvd)
- https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html (vulncheck-nvd)
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ (vulncheck-nvd)
…and 3 more exploits
Timeline
- Mar 9, 2016 CVE Published
- Mar 10, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 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