CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4912
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• openslp openslp 2.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05 security.gentoo.org