CVE-2016-5434

MEDIUM

Pacman - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

libalpm, as used in pacman 5.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) via a crafted signature file.

References (4)

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6

[Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0046

EPSS Percentile 63.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

pacman_project/pacman

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 30, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026