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CVE-2016-9842

Date: May 22, 2017

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (36)

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT208112

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT208113

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT208115

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9842

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-56

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00127.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95131

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1221

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3047

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427

Url: https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/e54e1299404101a5a9d0cf5e45512b543967f958

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-54

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Url: https://bugs.python.org/issue29169

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4246-1/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9842

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html

Url: https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9842

Url: https://support.apple.com/HT208144

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4292-1/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00030.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2999

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00053.html

Url: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Secure_Open_Source/Completed#zlib

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402348

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9842

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/21

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00050.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9842

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: May 22, 2017

Language: C

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