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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-tm8c-43cn-3fa4 |
| Aliases |
CVE-2016-9840
|
| Summary | inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 7.9 |
| Risk | 4.0 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3 | 8.8 | https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9840.json |
| epss | 0.09831 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9840 |
| epss | 0.09831 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9840 |
| epss | 0.12517 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9840 |
| epss | 0.12517 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9840 |
| cvssv2 | 4.6 | https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml |
| cvssv3.1 | 8.8 | https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Percentile | 0.93129 |
| EPSS Score | 0.09831 |
| Published At | June 6, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04T17:10:03.380435+00:00 | Debian Importer | Import | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json | 38.6.0 |