Bsd Libc Library vulnerabilities

1 known vulnerability affecting bsd/libc_library.

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CVE-2016-6559CRITICALCVSS 9.8vlink_ntoa()2018-07-13

CVE-2016-6559 [CRITICAL] CWE-120 CVE-2016-6559: Improper bounds checking of the obuf variable in the link_ntoa() function in linkaddr.c of the BSD l Improper bounds checking of the obuf variable in the link_ntoa() function in linkaddr.c of the BSD libc library may allow an attacker to read or write from memory. The full impact and severity depends on the method of exploit and how the library is used by applications. According to analysis by FreeBSD developers, it is very unlikely that applicatio