CVE-2016-9427

CRITICAL

bdwgc < 7.4.4 - Heap Buffer Overflow via Huge Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via huge allocation.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.html
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0312
EPSS Percentile 87.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-190
Status published
Products (5)
bdwgc_project/bdwgc < 7.4.4
debian/debian_linux 9.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/leap 42.2
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Dec 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026