CVE-2016-9840

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CVE-2016-9840

Summary:

Details: inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95131, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427, https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html, https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00127.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00050.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00053.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/21, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1221, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2999, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3047, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00030.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-56, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-54, https://support.apple.com/HT208112, https://support.apple.com/HT208113, https://support.apple.com/HT208115, https://support.apple.com/HT208144, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4246-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4292-1/, https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Secure_Open_Source/Completed#zlib, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402345, https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/6a043145ca6e9c55184013841a67b2fef87e44c0