CVE-2016-3706
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 10, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEGlibc
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.23
Affected range stops below 2.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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