CVE-2016-9842 is a high-severity vulnerability in the zlib library, specifically within the inflateMark function in inflate.c, affecting various products including Apple, Canonical, Debian, Node.js, Oracle, Red Hat, and zlib itself. This flaw, rated 8.8 CVSS, involves left shifts of negative integers, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.2.3.4, < 1.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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