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CVE-2016-5417
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-17T02:59:13.310 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:22.287

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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