CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4973
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
Affected configurations
• gnu libssp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory