CVE-2016-9841

Name	CVE-2016-9841
Description	inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	847270

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
zlib (PTS)	jessie	1:1.2.8.dfsg-2	vulnerable
	stretch	1:1.2.8.dfsg-5	fixed
	buster, sid	1:1.2.11.dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
zlib	source	(unstable)	1:1.2.8.dfsg-4	high		847270

Notes

[jessie] - zlib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - zlib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/9aaec95e82117c1cb0f9624264c3618fc380cecb
Report: https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf