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.
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
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-12-12
Updated: 2022-06-01
Type: CWE-119
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
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