CVE - CVE-2016-8859

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-8859	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
References
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BID:93795 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93795 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-11 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-11 GENTOO:GLSA-202007-43 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161018 CVE Request - TRE & musl libc regex integer overflows in buffer size computations URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161029 Re: CVE Request - TRE & musl libc regex integer overflows in buffer size computations URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/10 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0554 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161019	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161019)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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