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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 25.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
25.40% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · cypherpunks/libotr
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.