VDB
CVE-2016-4973
CVE-2016-4973
PUBLISHED
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
EPSS 0.03% · 10.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.03%
10.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 0, 11.0.1-2, 11.0.1-3build1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 0, 4.0.2-4, 4.0.4-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 5.0.3-1, 0, 5.0.2-2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mingw-w64 | 12.0.0-3, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 3.1.0-1, 0, 3.0~svn5915-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 0, 8.0.0-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mingw-w64 | 6.0.0-3, 6.0.0-4, 7.0.0-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Jun 7, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4973 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4973 third-party-advisory