CVE-2016-4912

7.5 highEPSS 5.4%

High (7.5) in openslp openslp. EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2017-03-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openslp:openslp

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6

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