CVE-2016-6252

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

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

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02

Timeline

Published: Feb 17, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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