VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-3706

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references