CVE-2016-2851
N/A
Published: April 7, 2016 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 24%
Description
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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