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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2016-1243 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname.

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2342

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.3%
EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname.

Patch / fix

  • unadf Debian 12 0.7.11a-5+deb12u1
  • unadf Debian 14, Debian 13 0.7.11a-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1243

  • unadf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.7.11a-3+deb7u1~build0.14.04.1
  • unadf Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.7.11a-3+deb7u1~build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1243

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

6.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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