{"cve":"CVE-2016-4021","nvd":{"published":"2016-05-26T14:59:01.167","modified":"2026-06-17T00:46:45.000","status":"Modified","description":"The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \\xa3\\x03 string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183750.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184617.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184689.html","http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99","https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","pgpdump_project:pgpdump"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-4021","score":0.01824,"percentile":0.78797,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}