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CVE-2016-4973
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to…
High7.8EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% 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 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160817 CVE-2016-4973 gcc: Targets using libssp for SSP are missing -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE functionality (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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