CVE-2016-9427 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02406.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Bdwgc Project	Bdwgc
Debian	Debian Linux
Opensuse	Leap Opensuse

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bdwgc_project:bdwgc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9427
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9427

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00911}`	epss `{'score': 0.01022}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-12T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.343Z

Reserved: 2016-11-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9427

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-12T02:59:16.840

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9427

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9427 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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