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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-3947

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write…

HIGH 8.2EPSS 14.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.

CVSS 3.0
8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS
14.62% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
squid-cache/squid · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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