CVE-2016-4450

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

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-476

Affected software

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

References

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3592Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90967Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036019Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2991-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3592Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90967Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036019Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2991-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 7, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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