CVE-2016-5434
N/A
Published: January 30, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPacman
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
libalpm, as used in pacman 5.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) via a crafted signature file.
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:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-399
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