CVE-2016-9427
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.2 | Affected | — |
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bdwgc_project | bdwgc | {"endIncluding":"7.4.4"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
- https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9427.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9427
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.