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CVE-2016-4973

Published: 7 June 2017

Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
ubuntu uses SSP from glibc, marking gcc as not-affected

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gcc-4.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

gcc-5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

gcc-6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

mingw-w64
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H