CVE-2016-6252
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.10%shadow - security update
Published: 2/17/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/shadowfrom 0, < 1:4.4-1
- Debian/shadowfrom 0, < 1:4.2-3+deb8u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |