CVE-2016-4021 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting pgpdump versions prior to 0.30, including those distributed with Fedora. Attackers can exploit a flaw in the read_binary function by providing specially crafted input, such as the "\xa3\x03" string, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgpdump_project:pgpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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