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CVE-2016-6252

• 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: 2017-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

Affected products

• Shadow Project Shadow: 4.2.1

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282
• https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7

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