CVE-2016-9401
bash: popd controlled free
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-416 · Use After Free