PT-2017-8947
CVE-2016-6264
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Published
2017-01-27
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Updated
2021-05-19
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.16
uClibc versions prior to 1.0.16
Description
The issue is caused by an integer signedness error in the libc/string/arm/memset.S file, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by providing a negative length value to the
memset function.Recommendations
For uClibc-ng versions prior to 1.0.16, update to version 1.0.16 or later.
For uClibc versions prior to 1.0.16, update to version 1.0.16 or later.
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