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osvGoogleOSV:CVE-2016-5417
HistoryFeb 17, 2017 - 2:59 a.m.

CVE-2016-5417

2017-02-1702:59:13
Google
osv.dev
7

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.2%

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.2%