CVE•Published 2017-01-13•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-2090Fedoraproject · Fedora
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CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
Off-by-one vulnerability in the fgetwln function in libbsd before 0.8.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-13
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
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vuln:CVE-2016-2090Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
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os:"Fedora"Hosts Shodan identified as running Fedora.
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vuln:CVE-2016-2090Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
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