VDB
CVE-2016-5417
CVE-2016-5417
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 3.36% · 88.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
3.36%
88.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | glibc | 0, 2.21-0ubuntu4, 2.21-0ubuntu5 |
Timeline
- Aug 11, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5417 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5417 third-party-advisory