CVE-2016-8859

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8859: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix