CVE-2016-2090

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2090
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-13T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-01-05T21:11:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.8.2
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIQKQ42Z7553D46QY3IMIQKS52QTNIHY/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KJE5SPSX7HEKLZ34LUTZLXWPEL2K353/ Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8f0723d2b4520bdd6b9eb7c3e7976de726d7ff7 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93881 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2090
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2090
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:28:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:54:46 2017-01-13T16:59Z 2017-01-13T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:54:46 2021-01-05T21:11:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:54:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated