GCVE-110-CERTCC-2016-548487

Advisory PublishedCVSS 9.3/10

Vulnetix · Advisory published December 6, 2016

The BSD libc library's link_ntoa() function may be vulnerable to a classic buffer overflow. It is currently unclear if this issue is exploitable.

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CVSS 2.0

9.3/10

Critical · AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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certcc-vrda

d1_impact3d1_population3d1_direct_report1

certcc-cvss-temporal-env

temporal_score6.9remediation_levelOFreport_confidenceCenvironmental_score1.72528520976target_distributionLenvironmental_vectorCDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

Aliases

CVE-2016-6559

References

BSD libc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in link_ntoa()

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BSD libc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in link_ntoa()

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BSD libc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in link_ntoa()

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BSD libc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in link_ntoa()

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BSD libc contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in link_ntoa()

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