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Vulnerability details: VCID-39gf-zy6k-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-39gf-zy6k-aaah
Aliases CVE-2016-3706
Summary Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3706.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330887
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3706
cvssv2 5.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
generic_textual High https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-3
generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3239-1
generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3239-3
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3706.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-3706.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3706
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3706
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-3
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3239-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3239-3
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
1330887 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330887
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-3706 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
USN-3239-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3239-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74149
EPSS Score 0.00939
Published At March 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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