CVE-2016-5417

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote…

published February 16, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
88.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03361 · 88.6th percentile
Published
2017-02-16T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 FEB 18:00Z
    Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote…
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