CVE-2016-3706

glibc: stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 27, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow