CVE-2016-6323

The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit)…

published October 7, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03872 · 90.1th percentile
Published
2016-10-07T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 14:00Z
    The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit)…
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