CVE-2016-2851
LibOTR Buffer Overflow
Description
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
April 7, 2016, 11:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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CVE-2016-2851 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2016-2851 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 Added Reference https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ Added Reference https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded [Exploit] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cypherpunks:libotr:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ No Types Assigned https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ Exploit Changed Reference Type https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html No Types Assigned https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded Exploit Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 Exploit Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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18.77 }} -5.98%
score
0.94802
percentile