CVE-2016-5417

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

3%p88

Published

Feb 17, 2017 (Feb 17, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: gnu
Products: glibc
Weakness: CWE-399
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 (3.4%)

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