CVE-2016-4450

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference11 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
F5 NginxCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDf5/nginx1.3.9 — 1.10.1+1
▶Debiannginx< 1.10.1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qw3j-mxg7-jx9v: os/unix/ngx_files↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4450: os/unix/ngx_files↗2016-06-07
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OSV
CVE-2016-4450: os/unix/ngx_files↗2016-06-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
nginx vulnerability↗2016-06-02
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Red Hat
nginx: NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body↗2016-05-31
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Debian
CVE-2016-4450: nginx - os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remot...↗2016
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💬Community

4
HackerOne
help.nextcloud.com: Known DoS condition (null pointer deref) in Nginx running↗2016-07-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4450 nginx: NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body↗2016-06-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4450 nginx: NULL pointer dereference whilw writing client request body [epel-all]↗2016-06-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4450 nginx: NULL pointer dereference whilw writing client request body [fedora-all]↗2016-06-01
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