CVE-2016-8859

critical
Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2016-8859

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.1.15-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.1.15-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.1.15-2
debian debiansidfixed1.1.15-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.1.15-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
etalabsmusl{"endIncluding":"1.1.15"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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