Name: CVE-2016-2090: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2090, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01707

Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade libbsd	Aug 30, 2017	Jan 13, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade libbsd	Jan 2, 2020	Jan 13, 2017
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-libs/libbsd.	Oct 30, 2017	Jan 13, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libbsd0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libbsd0	Jan 21, 2020	Jan 13, 2017

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CVSS Details

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