CVE-2016-2090
libbsd - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.5%
Description
Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2016-2090
To remediate CVE-2016-2090, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libbsd—upgrade to 0.6.0-r2 or later
- Debian/libbsd—upgrade to 0.8.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.7.0-2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-2090 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.6.0-r2
- from 0, < 0.8.2-1
- from 0, < 0.7.0-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |