CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6264
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/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
Description
Integer signedness error in libc/string/arm/memset.S in uClibc and uClibc-ng before 1.0.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative length value to the memset function.
Affected configurations
• uclibc uclibc
• uclibc-ng project uclibc-ng (< 1.0.16)
References
- http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-July/001067.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-May/000890.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-July/001067.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-May/000890.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry