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Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-5011

CVE-2016-5011

Description

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.

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Affected products

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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

Synthesis attempt was rejected by the grounding validator. Re-run pending.

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