Security advisory

{
  "id": "4483b1cd83afa20284724e3f46ea92147f053b3d6dc4b0d50b06a3043046093f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6252",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6252",
    "summary": "Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6252",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6252",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6252"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "578947e6614aae91e2550c83790e79479b951e40"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "578947e6614aae91e2550c83790e79479b951e40"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6252.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:39.812317837Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282",
        "https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6252",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379610,
  "published_at": "2017-02-17T17:59:00.937+00:00"
}