critical
9.8
CWE
119
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-10253: Buffer Overflow

First published: Sat Mar 18 2017(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x. Erlang's generation of compiled regular expressions is vulnerable to a heap overflow. Regular expressions using a malformed extpattern can indirectly specify an offset that is used as an array index. This ordinal permits arbitrary regions within the erts_alloc arena to be both read and written to.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
debian/erlang
1:23.2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1
1:25.2.3+dfsg-1
1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-3
Erlang/OTP=18.0
Erlang/OTP=18.0-rc1
Erlang/OTP=18.0-rc2
Erlang/OTP=18.0.1
Erlang/OTP=18.0.2
Erlang/OTP=18.0.3
Erlang/OTP=18.1
Erlang/OTP=18.1.1
Erlang/OTP=18.1.2
Erlang/OTP=18.1.3
Erlang/OTP=18.1.4
Erlang/OTP=18.1.5
Erlang/OTP=18.2
Erlang/OTP=18.2.1
Erlang/OTP=18.2.2
Erlang/OTP=18.2.3
Erlang/OTP=18.2.4
Erlang/OTP=18.2.4.1
Erlang/OTP=18.3
Erlang/OTP=18.3.1
Erlang/OTP=18.3.2
Erlang/OTP=18.3.3
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4.1
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4.2
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4.3
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4.4
Erlang/OTP=18.3.4.5
Erlang/OTP=19.0
Erlang/OTP=19.0-rc1
Erlang/OTP=19.0-rc2
Erlang/OTP=19.0.1
Erlang/OTP=19.0.2
Erlang/OTP=19.0.3
Erlang/OTP=19.0.4
Erlang/OTP=19.0.5
Erlang/OTP=19.0.6
Erlang/OTP=19.0.7
Erlang/OTP=19.1
Erlang/OTP=19.1.1
Erlang/OTP=19.1.2
Erlang/OTP=19.1.3
Erlang/OTP=19.1.4
Erlang/OTP=19.1.5
Erlang/OTP=19.1.6
Erlang/OTP=19.1.6.1
Erlang/OTP=19.2
Erlang/OTP=19.2.1
Erlang/OTP=19.2.2
Erlang/OTP=19.2.3
Erlang/OTP=19.2.3.1
Erlang/OTP=19.3
Erlang/OTP=19.3.1
Erlang/OTP=19.3.2
Erlang/OTP=19.3.3
Erlang/OTP=19.3.4
Erlang/OTP=19.3.5
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.1
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.2
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.3
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.4
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.5
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.6
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.7
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.8
Erlang/OTP=19.3.6.9

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-10253?

    CVE-2016-10253 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for heap overflow leading to arbitrary code execution.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-10253?

    To fix CVE-2016-10253, update your Erlang/OTP installation to version 19.0 or later.

  • What versions of Erlang/OTP are affected by CVE-2016-10253?

    Erlang/OTP versions prior to 19.0, including 18.x, are affected by CVE-2016-10253.

  • Is CVE-2016-10253 a remote code execution vulnerability?

    Yes, CVE-2016-10253 can potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely due to the heap overflow issue.

  • Can CVE-2016-10253 be exploited through user input?

    Yes, CVE-2016-10253 can be exploited when processing malformed regular expressions that come from user input.

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