CVE-2016-6252

shadow-utils: Incorrect integer handling results in LPE

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 19, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 4.4
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound