CVE-2016-9841
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 7.5%
Description
inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
How to fix CVE-2016-9841
To remediate CVE-2016-9841, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/perl—upgrade to 5.24.3-r1 or later
- Alpine/zlib—upgrade to 1.2.11-r0 or later
Is CVE-2016-9841 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 7.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.24.3-r1
- >= 1.2.0, < 1.2.11-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |