CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4429

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2016-06-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

Affected configurations

• opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • gnu glibc (< 2.24) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References