CVE-2016-4973 (GCVE-0-2016-4973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
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Summary
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-07 00:00
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