Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9427

critical Nessus Plugin ID 220070

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- 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.
(CVE-2016-9427)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 220070

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_9427.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9427

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic_ops-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcj-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcj-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcj, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic_ops-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcj-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcj-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcj, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9427

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