CVE-2016-10721 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in partclone.restore within Partclone 0.2.87, stemming from insufficient validation of image headers. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, posing a significant risk to system integrity. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:partclone:partclone:0.2.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.