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CVE-2016-4973

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.

Affected products

• GNU Libssp: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92530
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324759

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