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CVE-2016-3947

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 14.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-3947
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.2
EPSS
14.62%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.