UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2090

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2090
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2090.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2090
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Published
2017-01-13T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:49:29.885077Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libbsd

Package

Name
libbsd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libbsd@0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.0-1
0.6.0-1ubuntu1
0.6.0-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-dbg",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-udeb",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libbsd

Package

Name
libbsd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libbsd@0.8.2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.2-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0-2
0.8.0-2
0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.8.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0",
            "binary_version": "0.8.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.8.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-udeb",
            "binary_version": "0.8.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbsd0-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.8.2-1"
        }
    ]
}