CVE-2016-10012

openssh: Bounds check can be evaded in the shared memory manager used by pre-authentication compression support

Published Jan 5, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1500-1 openssh security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1209 The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3538-1 OpenSSH vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
May 29, 2026, 8:48 PM
Reserved
Dec 19, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 5, 2017, 2:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:38 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 19, 2016, 12:00 AM