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CVE-2016-3075
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows…
High7.5EPSS 7.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2016-68abc0be35 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 85732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2985-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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