ghsa-xrcf-wxwq-5jmq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:08
Modified
2025-04-12 13:05
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6323"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-07T14:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.",
  "id": "GHSA-xrcf-wxwq-5jmq",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:05:15Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:08:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6323"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTXSOVCRDGBIB4WCIDAGYYUBESXZ4IGK"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWSAZVBTLALXF4SCBPDV3FY6J22DXLZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WO7IMEYWZ2WTXGGMZBWWSDCUMFN63XOB"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTXSOVCRDGBIB4WCIDAGYYUBESXZ4IGK"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWSAZVBTLALXF4SCBPDV3FY6J22DXLZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WO7IMEYWZ2WTXGGMZBWWSDCUMFN63XOB"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-19"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20435"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=9e2ff6c9cc54c0b4402b8d49e4abe7000fde7617"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=9e2ff6c9cc54c0b4402b8d49e4abe7000fde7617"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92532"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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