Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow
Published Jan 13, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.21%
Description
Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 24
- 25
Configuration 2
- < 0.8.2
Configuration 3
- 8.0
Configuration 4
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 19.04
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.21% (0.03209) | 87.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03223) | 86.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 28, 2026 | 3.49% (0.03487) | 87.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.94% (0.01944) | 81.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.00% (0.04000) | 80.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02188) | 83.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01181) | 85.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01181) | 84.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01181) | 82.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/28/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/36-Heap-buffer-overflow-in-fgetwln-function-of-libbsd.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93881 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/commit/?id=c8f0723d2b4520bdd6b9eb7c3e7976de726d7ff7 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00036.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KJE5SPSX7HEKLZ34LUTZLXWPEL2K353/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIQKQ42Z7553D46QY3IMIQKS52QTNIHY/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-13 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
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