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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-3075
GNU C Library glibc Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.

INFO

Published Date :

June 1, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-3075 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Gnu glibc
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in glibc requires immediate package updates.
  • Update the glibc package to the latest version available.
  • Apply all relevant security patches for your Linux distribution.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-3075 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-3075.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3075 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-3075 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-3075 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-3075 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

12.18 }} 0.82%

score

0.93577

percentile