CVE-2016-4429
Moderate
CVE-2016-4429
Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.
Exploit probability
3.9%
Published
June 10, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 19, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1202 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-4429
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00027.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html