CVE-2016-8605

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8605: Medium severity, CVSS 5.3 | Vulnix