CVE-2016-6252

high

Description

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

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-17

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00096