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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.0

CVE-2016-8579 json

Denial of Service in docker2aci

published 2016-10-28 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gfh2-7jg5-653p , GO-2022-0833 , EUVD-2022-1013

cvss
4.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

docker2aci <= 0.12.3 has an infinite loop when handling local images with cyclic dependency chain.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/appc/docker2aci 0.13.0
  • golang-github-appc-docker2aci Debian 11 0.12.3+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8579

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/appc/docker2aci
<0.13.0
0.13.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.