CVE-2016-4912

HIGH

OpenSLP 2.0.0 - Denial of Service via Memory Allocation Failure in _xrealloc

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0536
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
openslp/openslp 2.0.0
Published Mar 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026