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CVE-2016-4912 (GCVE-0-2016-4912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-27 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
VLAI
Summary
The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2016-05-18 00:00
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