CVE-2016-9011

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The wmf_malloc function in api.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted wmf file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9011
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-23T18:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-27T15:51:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wvware:libwmf:0.2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388450 Issue Tracking
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93860 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9011
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9011
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:03:10 2017-03-23T18:59Z 2017-03-23T18:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:03:10 2017-03-27T15:51:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:03:10 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated