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Vulnerability details: VCID-7dyv-bqd1-aaas
Vulnerability ID VCID-7dyv-bqd1-aaas
Aliases CVE-2016-6323
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-6323.html
cvssv3 3.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6323.json
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383297
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6323
cvssv2 1.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6323
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6323
generic_textual Low https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20435
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/12
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00009.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-6323.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6323.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6323
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6323
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTXSOVCRDGBIB4WCIDAGYYUBESXZ4IGK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWSAZVBTLALXF4SCBPDV3FY6J22DXLZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WO7IMEYWZ2WTXGGMZBWWSDCUMFN63XOB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTXSOVCRDGBIB4WCIDAGYYUBESXZ4IGK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWSAZVBTLALXF4SCBPDV3FY6J22DXLZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WO7IMEYWZ2WTXGGMZBWWSDCUMFN63XOB/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-19
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20435
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=9e2ff6c9cc54c0b4402b8d49e4abe7000fde7617
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=9e2ff6c9cc54c0b4402b8d49e4abe7000fde7617
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92532
1383297 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383297
834752 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834752
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:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2016-6323 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6323
USN-3239-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3239-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6323.json
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: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/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-2016-6323
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:3.0/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-2016-6323
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 0.76397
EPSS Score 0.01133
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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