CVE-2016-4456

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4456
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4456.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4456
Downstream
Published
2017-08-08T21:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:30:48Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The "GNUTLS_KEYLOGFILE" environment variable in gnutls 3.4.12 allows remote attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the filesystem.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnutls/gnutls

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnutls/gnutls
Events
Introduced
2d57fd211e3647cb17f76d990681d88d18a4969c
Last Affected
2d57fd211e3647cb17f76d990681d88d18a4969c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.4.12"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.4.12"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.12
Other
gnutls_3_4_12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4456.json"

Git / gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls
Events
Introduced
2d57fd211e3647cb17f76d990681d88d18a4969c
Last Affected
2d57fd211e3647cb17f76d990681d88d18a4969c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.4.12"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.4.12"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.12
Other
gnutls_3_4_12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4456.json"