VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-5011

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.

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