CVE-2016-9841

critical

Published 2017-05-23 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macOS Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`11`

Red Hat Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.5	Affected	—
7.4	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.2	Affected	—
42.1	Affected	—
13.2	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
18.04	Affected	—
16.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.1.3-6`
sid	Fixed	`3.1.3-6`
forky	Fixed	`3.1.3-6`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.1.3-6`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.1.3-6`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
zlib	zlib	`{"startIncluding":"1.2.0","endExcluding":"1.2.9"}`	`1.2.9`
oracle	database_server	`18c`
oracle	jdk	`1.6.0`
oracle	jdk	`1.7.0`
oracle	jdk	`1.8.0`
oracle	jre	`1.6.0`
oracle	jre	`1.7.0`
oracle	jre	`1.8.0`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endIncluding":"5.5.61"}`
redhat	satellite	`5.8`
netapp	active_iq_unified_manager	`{"startIncluding":"7.3"}`
netapp	cloud_backup	`-`
netapp	e-series_santricity_management	`-`
netapp	e-series_santricity_os_controller	`{"startIncluding":"11.0.0","endIncluding":"11.70.1"}`
netapp	e-series_santricity_storage_manager	`-`
netapp	e-series_santricity_web_services	`-`
netapp	oncommand_balance	`-`
netapp	oncommand_insight	`-`
netapp	oncommand_performance_manager	`-`
netapp	oncommand_shift	`-`
netapp	oncommand_unified_manager	`{"endIncluding":"7.1"}`
netapp	oncommand_unified_manager	`-`
netapp	oncommand_workflow_automation	`-`
netapp	snapmanager	`-`
netapp	solidfire	`-`
netapp	steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage	`-`
netapp	storage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap	`-`
netapp	symantec_netbackup	`-`
netapp	vasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap	`{"startIncluding":"7.2"}`
netapp	virtual_storage_console	`-`
nodejs	node.js	`{"startIncluding":"4.0.0","endIncluding":"4.1.2"}`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.6.0","endIncluding":"5.6.41"}`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.7.0","endIncluding":"5.7.23"}`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"8.0.0","endIncluding":"8.0.12"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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