CVE-2016-2569

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

31%p98

Published

Feb 27, 2016 (Feb 27, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.

Vendors: squid-cache
Products: squid
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (31.2%)

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