CVE-2016-4450

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
3.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 12% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: June 7, 2016 (3627 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

CWE

CWE-476

Affected Products

canonical ubuntu linuxf5 nginxdebian debian linux

References

🔗 mailman.nginx.org 🔗 www.debian.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.ubuntu.com