UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9840

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9840

    Published: 23 May 2017Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-9840
    Aliases:
    USN-4246-1
    USN-4292-1
    USN-6736-1

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9840, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/10, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4246-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4292-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9840, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6736-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6736-2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: klibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/klibc?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3+esm3

    Affected versions

    2.0.1-3.1ubuntu2
    2.0.2-1ubuntu1
    2.0.2-1ubuntu2
    2.0.3-0ubuntu1
    2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.1
    2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
    2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3
    2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.3+esm2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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