{"id":"CVE-2016-10739","title":"In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrect…","summary":"In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrect…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-20"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"glibc","affected":["glibc <= 2.28","leap = 15.0"],"published":"2019-01-21","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T07:16:37.220","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10739","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00082.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106672","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2118","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3513","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347549","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00082.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106672","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2118","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3513","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347549","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00479,"epssPercentile":0.39592,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T07:21:04.804Z","slug":"CVE-2016-10739","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `glibc <= 2.28`\n- `leap = 15.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}