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Case File

CVE-2016-9840

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 4.79% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-9840
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.79%

Original NVD Description

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