CVE-2016-4053

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Published 2016-04-25 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
3.7

Description

Squid 3.x before 3.5.17 and 4.x before 4.0.9 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive stack layout information via crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses, related to incorrect use of assert and compiler optimization.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4053

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_6.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4053.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
squid-cachesquid3.0
squid-cachesquid3.1
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.1
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.2
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.3
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.4
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.5
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.6
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.7
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.8
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.9
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.10
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.11
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.12
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.13
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.14
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.15
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.16
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.17
squid-cachesquid3.1.0.18
squid-cachesquid3.1.1
squid-cachesquid3.1.2
squid-cachesquid3.1.3
squid-cachesquid3.1.4
squid-cachesquid3.1.5
squid-cachesquid3.1.5.1
squid-cachesquid3.1.6
squid-cachesquid3.1.7
squid-cachesquid3.1.8
squid-cachesquid3.1.9
squid-cachesquid3.1.10
squid-cachesquid3.1.11
squid-cachesquid3.1.12
squid-cachesquid3.1.12.1
squid-cachesquid3.1.12.2
squid-cachesquid3.1.12.3
squid-cachesquid3.1.13
squid-cachesquid3.1.14
squid-cachesquid3.1.15
squid-cachesquid3.1.16
squid-cachesquid3.1.17
squid-cachesquid3.1.18
squid-cachesquid3.1.19
squid-cachesquid3.1.20
squid-cachesquid3.1.21
squid-cachesquid3.1.22
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.1
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.2
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.3
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.4
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.5
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.6
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.7
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.8
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.9
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.10
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.11
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.12
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.13
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.14
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.15
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.16
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.17
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.18
squid-cachesquid3.2.0.19
squid-cachesquid3.2.1
squid-cachesquid3.2.2
squid-cachesquid3.2.3
squid-cachesquid3.2.4
squid-cachesquid3.2.5
squid-cachesquid3.2.6
squid-cachesquid3.2.7
squid-cachesquid3.2.8
squid-cachesquid3.2.9
squid-cachesquid3.2.10
squid-cachesquid3.2.11
squid-cachesquid3.2.12
squid-cachesquid3.2.13
squid-cachesquid3.3.0
squid-cachesquid3.3.0.1
squid-cachesquid3.3.0.2
squid-cachesquid3.3.0.3
squid-cachesquid3.3.1
squid-cachesquid3.3.2
squid-cachesquid3.3.3
squid-cachesquid3.3.4
squid-cachesquid3.3.5
squid-cachesquid3.3.6
squid-cachesquid3.3.7
squid-cachesquid3.3.8
squid-cachesquid3.3.9
squid-cachesquid3.3.10
squid-cachesquid3.3.11
squid-cachesquid3.3.12
squid-cachesquid3.3.13
squid-cachesquid3.3.14
squid-cachesquid3.4.0.1
squid-cachesquid3.4.0.2
squid-cachesquid3.4.0.3
squid-cachesquid3.4.1
squid-cachesquid3.4.2
squid-cachesquid3.4.3
squid-cachesquid3.4.4
squid-cachesquid3.4.4.1
squid-cachesquid3.4.4.2
squid-cachesquid3.4.8
squid-cachesquid3.4.9
squid-cachesquid3.4.10
squid-cachesquid3.4.11
squid-cachesquid3.4.12
squid-cachesquid3.4.13
squid-cachesquid3.4.14
squid-cachesquid3.5.0.1
squid-cachesquid3.5.0.2
squid-cachesquid3.5.0.3
squid-cachesquid3.5.0.4
squid-cachesquid3.5.1
squid-cachesquid3.5.2
squid-cachesquid3.5.3
squid-cachesquid3.5.4
squid-cachesquid3.5.5
squid-cachesquid3.5.6
squid-cachesquid3.5.7
squid-cachesquid3.5.8
squid-cachesquid3.5.9
squid-cachesquid3.5.10
squid-cachesquid3.5.11
squid-cachesquid3.5.12
squid-cachesquid3.5.13
squid-cachesquid3.5.14
squid-cachesquid3.5.15
squid-cachesquid3.5.16
squid-cachesquid4.0.1
squid-cachesquid4.0.2
squid-cachesquid4.0.3
squid-cachesquid4.0.4
squid-cachesquid4.0.5
squid-cachesquid4.0.6
squid-cachesquid4.0.7
squid-cachesquid4.0.8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.