vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9843): zlib vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 20, 2016 | Jan 23, 2020 | May 5, 2025 |
Description
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled pointer arithmetic. An attacker
could use this issue to cause zlib to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841)
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled vectors involving left shifts of
negative integers. An attacker could use this issue to cause zlib to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-9842)
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled vectors involving big-endian CRC
calculation. An attacker could use this issue to cause zlib to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-9843)
Solution(s)
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