Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-2090
CVE-2016-2090
Description
Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00036.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KJE5SPSX7HEKLZ34LUTZLXWPEL2K353/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIQKQ42Z7553D46QY3IMIQKS52QTNIHY/nvd
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