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The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.
- Products
- rsync, zlib, zsync
- Affected versions
- 0.6.2-1ubuntu1, 0.6.2-2ubuntu1, 0.6.2-3ubuntu1, 0.6.2-5, 0.6.2-5build1, 0.6.2-7ubuntu1, 0.6.2-8, 0.6.2-9, 0.6.3-2, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1+esm1, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1+esm2, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1+esm3, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4, 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.1, 3.1.1-3, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.1, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2, 3.1.2-2, 3.1.2-2.1, 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3, 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.1, 3.1.3-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-9842
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9842
zlib
Fixed versions: Not specified
rsync
Fixed versions: 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3
zlib
Fixed versions: 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
rsync
Fixed versions: 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.1
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
rsync
Fixed versions: 3.1.3-6
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
zsync
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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