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CVE-2016-5017
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax,…
High8.1EPSS 6.8%
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the C cli shell in Apache Zookeeper before 3.4.9 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, when using the "cmd:" batch mode syntax, allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long command string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- [oss-security] 20160916 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5017: Buffer overflow vulnerability in ZooKeeper C cli shell (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 93044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7279) Security Vulnerabilities in Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar, tomcat-servlet-api-8.0.53.jar, tomcat-websocket-api-8.0.53.jar, zookeeper-3.4.6.jar, guava-18.0.jar, jetty-all-9.2.26.v20180806.jar, scala-library-2.11.0.jar (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [nifi-commits] 20191113 svn commit: r1869773 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [nifi-commits] 20200123 svn commit: r1873083 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=27ecf981a15554dc8e64a28630af7a5c9e2bdf4f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://zookeeper.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2016-5017 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138755/ZooKeeper-3.4.8-3.5.2-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=zookeeper.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f09154d6648eeb4ec5e1ac8a2bacbd2f8c87c14a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [dubbo-notifications] 20211101 [GitHub] [dubbo] AlbumenJ opened a new issue #9177: Upgrade Zookeeper dependency (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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