UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4973
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4973
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4973.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4973
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-06-07T20:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-14T07:14:45.507604Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@3.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@4.0.4-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@5.0.3-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@7.0.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@8.0.0-1?arch=source&distro=jammy
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / mingw-w64
Package
- Name
- mingw-w64
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64@11.0.1-3build1?arch=source&distro=noble