CVE-2016-9840
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-05-23 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 8.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (zlib) | ELSA-2025-8314 | 2025-06-08 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (rsync) | ELSA-2025-8395 | 2025-06-02 |
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