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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4973

Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer ove...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 gcc-mingw-w64

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 gcc-mingw-w64

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 gcc-mingw-w64

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org