CVE-2016-9427
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
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
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.14%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
- Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-119, CWE-190
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
- 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
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