CVE-2016-9840 | zlib 1.2.8 Pointer Arithmetic inftrees.c numeric error (RHSA-2017:1220 / Nessus ID 96691)
A vulnerability was found in zlib 1.2.8. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library zlib of the file inftrees.c of the component Pointer Arithmetic. This manipulation causes numeric error.
This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-9840. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Upgrading the affected component is advised.