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CVE-2016-4973

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability39. percentile0.4%
ProductGnu Libssp
PublishedJun 7, 2017
First seenJun 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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