VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9842

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-23
Last modified2026-07-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-1335: Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer

Primary references