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CVE record · CVE-2016-9842

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.052 · 92nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microfocus) at 23 May 2017, 03:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given Not given
  • affected n/a
Identifiers
CVE-2016-9842
CNA
microfocus
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1335
Tags
Published
23 May 2017
Updated
14 Jul 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.052, the 92nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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