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CVE-2016-9401

bash: popd controlled free

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 17, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way bash handled popd commands. A poorly written shell script could cause bash to crash resulting in a local denial of service limited to a specific bash session.

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 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 1.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free