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CVE-2016-4912

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The _xrealloc function in xlsp_xmalloc.c in OpenSLP 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Affected products

• Openslp: 2.0.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/18/6
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035916
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329295
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-05

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