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CVE-2016-2851

critical · 9.8

Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

9.8
CVSS
25.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2016-04-07
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
debiandebian_linux7.0
debiandebian_linux8.0
opensuseleap42.1
opensuseopensuse13.2
cypherpunkslibotr<= 4.1.0

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References

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