ubuntu-cve-2016-9840
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-05-23 04:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:49
Summary
Details

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9840",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:49:34Z",
  "published": "2017-05-23T04:29:00Z",
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}



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