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CVE-2016-8859 (GCVE-0-2016-8859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
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Summary
Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-11 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/1… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2016-10-18 00:00
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