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CVE-2016-9842 Detail

Description

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00127.html CVE, OpenText Broken Link 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00050.html CVE, OpenText Broken Link 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00053.html CVE, OpenText Broken Link 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/21 CVE, OpenText Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95131 CVE, OpenText Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427 CVE, OpenText Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1221 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2999 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3047 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402348 CVE, OpenText Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/e54e1299404101a5a9d0cf5e45512b543967f958 CVE, OpenText Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html CVE, OpenText Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00030.html CVE, OpenText Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-56 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-54 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208112 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208113 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208115 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208144 CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4246-1/ CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4292-1/ CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Secure_Open_Source/Completed#zlib CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html CVE, OpenText Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9842
NVD Published Date:
05/23/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
OpenText