CVE-2016-9427

high-risk
Published 2016-12-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Bdwgc

Affected Vendors

Opensuse Bdwgc Project Debian

References (12)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
Issue Tracking https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00089.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00115.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
Issue Tracking https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low