CVE-2016-9427 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8