High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6323
CVE-2016-6323
Description
The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
9- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00009.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92532nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTXSOVCRDGBIB4WCIDAGYYUBESXZ4IGK/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWSAZVBTLALXF4SCBPDV3FY6J22DXLZ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WO7IMEYWZ2WTXGGMZBWWSDCUMFN63XOB/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-19nvd
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