CVE-2016-4456

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 8, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-4456: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix