CVE-2016-9427
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
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
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9427
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9427.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:7.6.4-0.3 |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 42.2 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | 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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.