CVE-2016-9843

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9843
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrofocus
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-23 04:29:01 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 18c All All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.6.0 update161 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.7.0 update151 All All
Application Oracle Jdk 1.8.0 update144 All All
Application Oracle Jre 1.6.0 update161 All All
Application Oracle Jre 1.7.0 update151 All All
Application Oracle Jre 1.8.0 update144 All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Satellite 5.8 All All All
Application Zlib Zlib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CPU Oct 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mozilla.org
openSUSE-SU-2017:0080-1: moderate: Security update for zlib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: zlib security issues found during audit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2017:0077-1: moderate: Security update for zlib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
zlib: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-56) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
About the security content of tvOS 11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
USN-4246-1: zlib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Apple macOS/OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Bypass Security and Deny Service, Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Applications Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:3202-1: moderate: Security update for zlib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-54) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
USN-4292-1: rsync vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2085-1] zlib security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
zlib Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
October 2018 MySQL Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
CPU July 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Bug 1402351 – CVE-2016-9843 zlib: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1725-1] rsync security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
MOSS/Secure Open Source/Completed - MozillaWiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mozilla.org
MySQL Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Gain Elevated Privileges, Remote Authenticated Users Access and Modify Data, and Remote and Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Avoid pre-decrement of pointer in big-endian CRC calculation. · madler/zlib@d1d5774 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
About the security content of watchOS 4 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 20277 Oracle Database 18c Critical OJVM Patch Update - July 2020
  • 376056 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (566643)
  • 500377 Alpine Linux Security Update for mariadb
  • 504135 Alpine Linux Security Update for mariadb
  • 591311 Bosch Rexroth PRA-ES8P2S Ethernet-Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (BOSCH-SA-247053-BT)
  • 672209 EulerOS Security Update for mariadb (EulerOS-SA-2022-2473)
  • 672276 EulerOS Security Update for mariadb-connector-c (EulerOS-SA-2022-2691)
  • 672283 EulerOS Security Update for mariadb-connector-c (EulerOS-SA-2022-2659)
  • 672339 EulerOS Security Update for mariadb-connector-c (EulerOS-SA-2022-2771)
  • 672376 EulerOS Security Update for deltarpm (EulerOS-SA-2022-2723)
  • 672379 EulerOS Security Update for deltarpm (EulerOS-SA-2022-2758)
  • 672381 EulerOS Security Update for mariadb-connector-c (EulerOS-SA-2022-2736)
  • 672438 EulerOS Security Update for deltarpm (EulerOS-SA-2022-2841)
  • 672469 EulerOS Security Update for deltarpm (EulerOS-SA-2022-2816)
  • 673347 EulerOS Security Update for syslinux (EulerOS-SA-2023-2871)
  • 673665 EulerOS Security Update for syslinux (EulerOS-SA-2023-2910)
  • 673865 EulerOS Security Update for syslinux (EulerOS-SA-2023-2826)
  • 690282 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mysql (ec5072b0-d43a-11e8-a6d2-b499baebfeaf)
  • 690462 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for net/rsync (085399ab-dfd7-11ea-96e4-80ee73bc7b66)
  • 710349 Gentoo Linux zlib Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-56)
  • 904830 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rsync (12420)
  • 904871 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mozjs60 (12379)
  • 904985 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rubygem-mini_portile2 (12630)
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