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CVE-2016-10739

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2016-10739
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.48%

Original NVD Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.

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