Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 20, 2026· Updated Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-16277
CVE-2026-16277
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. When querying a remote rpcbind service with rpcinfo -l, address information returned by the server is copied into a fixed-size buffer without sufficient bounds checking. A malicious or compromised rpcbind server could use this flaw to crash the rpcinfo client, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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