CVE-2016-2851 (GCVE-0-2016-2851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-07 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-0… x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2016-03-09 00:00
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