CVE-2016-4819

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The printfDx function in Takumi Yamada DX Library for Borland C++ 3.13f through 3.16b, DX Library for Gnu C++ 3.13f through 3.16b, and DX Library for Visual C++ 3.13f through 3.16b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

Affected products

Dx Library Project Dx Library: through 3.16b

References

http://dxlib.o.oo7.jp/dxvulnerability.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15205734/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000099
http://dxlib.o.oo7.jp/dxvulnerability.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15205734/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000099

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