CVE-2016-6252

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6252
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6252.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6252
Downstream
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Published
2017-02-17T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-29T07:18:40.933502Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/shadow-maint/shadow

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
578947e6614aae91e2550c83790e79479b951e40

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.1