CVE-2016-3706

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9

Timeline

Published: Jun 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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