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CVE-2016-5417

7.5 highEPSS 3.4%

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

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
3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-399
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

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