CVE•Published 2017-02-13•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-8859Etalabs · Musl
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-13
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-8859Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Etalabs Musl"All exposed Etalabs Musl instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Musl"HTTP body or banner mentions "Musl" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-8859Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-8859Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-8859Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-8859GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-8859" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (3)
CVE-2016-88593 repos
phax/peppol-commonsJava
Java library with shared Peppol components - identifier handling, codelists, SBDH handler, SMP Client, SML Client, MLR handler, MLS handler
Ly0nt4r/OSCPShell
Methodology and scripts for the OSCP. Only valid and useful techniques for certification are included
phax/ph-webJava
Java library with common web stuff