Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2851

Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

  • Published: Apr 8, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2851
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
debian / debian_linux 7.0 7.0.x
opensuse / leap 42.1 42.1.x
opensuse / opensuse 13.2 13.2.x
cypherpunks / libotr - 4.1.0.x