{"id":"CVE-2016-4049","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4049","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:08.151Z","title":"The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet.","description":"The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet.","published":"2016-05-23T19:59:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:46:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["quagga/quagga","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse"],"epss":{"score":0.04642,"percentile":0.9166,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03245,"percentile":0.87759},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.04642,"percentile":0.91309}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00062.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3654","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/7","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88561","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035699","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-February/014743.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-January/014699.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00062.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3654","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88561","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035699","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-February/014743.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-January/014699.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4049","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}