CVE-2016-2090 (GCVE-0-2016-2090)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93881 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2016-01-27 00:00
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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