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CVE-2016-9840

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

CVSS Base Score
8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Probability
91%EPSS PERCENTILE0100

More exploitable than 91% of all CVEs · Top 9%

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Details
Published
2017-05-23
Last modified
2026-07-14
Affected
Node.js, MySQL
References
NVD Detail OSV.dev GitHub Advisories

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