CVE-2016-2090

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: January 13, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93881

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8f0723d2b4520bdd6b9eb7c3e7976de726d7ff7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00036.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KJE5SPSX7HEKLZ34LUTZLXWPEL2K353/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIQKQ42Z7553D46QY3IMIQKS52QTNIHY/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5