Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-4973CVE-2016-4973
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | ubuntu uses SSP from glibc, marking gcc as not-affected |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | mingw-w64 | < any | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%