CVE-2016-8859

CRITICAL

TRE library/musl libc - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93795
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/10
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0336
EPSS Percentile 87.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
etalabs/musl < 1.1.15
Published Feb 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026