VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-6323

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-10-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references