CVE-2016-2851

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2851
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-07T23:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
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:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cypherpunks:libotr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.0
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
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/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://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html Mailing List
https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2851
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2851
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:49:01 2016-04-07T23:59Z 2016-04-07T23:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:49:01 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:49:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated