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CVE-2016-7567

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7567 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the SLPFoldWhiteSpace function within OpenSLP 2.0, allowing remote attackers to achieve significant impact through crafted strings. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-45804) detailing multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSLP 2.0.0, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openslp:openslp:2.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45804 · Nov 7, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1246 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16877-17084Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16874-16823Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16877-16817Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 openslp 2.0.0-26 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 openslp 2.0.0-26 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 2.0.0-26
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 2.0.0-26
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openslp
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openslp

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2016-7567

CVE-2016-7567

Jun 11, 2024
microsoft2017-Jan/CVE-2016-7567Critical

Buffer overflow in the SLPFoldWhiteSpace function in common/slp_compare.c in OpenSLP 2.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted string.

Jan 10, 2017
redhatCVE-2016-7567Low

openslp: memory corruption due to possible overflow in SLPFoldWhiteSpace in common/slp_compare.c

Sep 27, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-05
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/openslp/mercurial/ci/34fb3aa5e6b4997fa21cb614e480de36da5dbc9a
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45804
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/27/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93186
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry