CVE-2016-4973

N/A

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/7/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:libssp

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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