CVE-2016-5434

MEDIUM

Pacman - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2016-June/021148.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/11/4
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/6
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/21/9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
pacman_project/pacman 5.0.1
Published Jan 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026