ubuntu · CVE-2016-6264

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-01-27 22:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:07:43 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-6264 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (uclibc, uclibc-ng), 10 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): DNE 8, needs-triage 2.

Description:

Integer signedness error in libc/string/arm/memset.S in uClibc and uClibc-ng before 1.0.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative length value to the memset function.

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