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CVE-2016-10253· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x.

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP 18.x. Erlang's generation of compiled regular expressions is vulnerable to a heap overflow. Regular expressions using a malformed extpattern can indirectly specify an offset that is used as an array index. This ordinal permits arbitrary regions within the erts_alloc arena to be both read and written to.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 18, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.5% · 73th percentile
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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
erlangerlang\/otp

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • erlang erlang/otp18.0
  • erlang erlang/otp18.0.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.0.2
  • erlang erlang/otp18.0.3
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1.2
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1.3
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1.4
  • erlang erlang/otp18.1.5
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2.2
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2.3
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2.4
  • erlang erlang/otp18.2.4.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.3
  • erlang erlang/otp18.3.1
  • erlang erlang/otp18.3.2
  • erlang erlang/otp18.3.3

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12erlangbefore 1:19.2.1+dfsg-21:19.2.1+dfsg-2
SUSE:Package Hub 12erlangbefore 18.3.4.7-9.118.3.4.7-9.1

Same product

erlang: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:erlang1:19.2.1+dfsg-2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:erlang18.3.4.7-9.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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