CVE-2016-2090
Published: 13 January 2017
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libbsd Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(0.8.2-1)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(0.8.2-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(0.8.2-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1)
|
|
|
Patches: Upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8f0723d2b4520bdd6b9eb7c3e7976de726d7ff7 |
||
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | archive search doesn't seem to locate fgetwln usage |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2090
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4243-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian