CVE-2016-4450

high

Description

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

References

Advisories
More

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2991-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036019

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90967

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3592

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-07

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02992