UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6870

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6870
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6870.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6870
Upstream
Published
2017-02-17T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:52Z
Severity
  • 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

Out-of-bounds write in the (1) mbdetectencoding, (2) mbsendmail, and (3) mbdetectorder functions in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / hhvm

Package

Name
hhvm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hhvm@3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.11.0+dfsg-1
3.11.1+dfsg-1
3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "hhvm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "hhvm-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6870.json"