CVE-2016-2851
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 21.3%libotr - security update
Published: 4/7/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libotrfrom 0, < 4.1.1-1
- Debian/libotrfrom 0, < 3.2.1-1+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |