Servers and applications
CVE-2016-10739
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.
- Severity
- Medium 5.3
- Published
- 21 Jan 2019
- Last changed
- 14 Oct 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 41% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
- Attack
- Needs local access · Needs a user account · No user action needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc |
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