CVE-2016-10739
glibc: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · April 28, 2016
Updated · October 15, 2026
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation