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CVE-2016-9841 (Critical) detected in zlibv1.2.8 #9

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mend-bolt-for-github[bot] commented 10 months ago

CVE-2016-9841 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - zlibv1.2.8

A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

Library home page: https://github.com/cyanskies/zlib.git

Found in HEAD commit: 1faf7d87015b11349c3f21692618196b4b6a0ecf

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/inffast.c

Vulnerability Details

inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

Publish Date: 2017-05-23

URL: CVE-2016-9841

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-9841

Release Date: 2017-05-23

Fix Resolution: v1.2.9


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