CVE-2016-9427

critical

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-12-12

Updated: 2022-06-01

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL