CVE-2016-2851
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2851
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2851.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2851
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-04-07T23:59:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html
- https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/