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Out-of-Bounds Affecting libgc package, versions <1:7.4.2-8+deb9u1

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.8% (82nd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBGC-308607
  • published 12 Dec 2016
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2016
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Introduced: 12 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9427 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libgc to version 1:7.4.2-8+deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgc package and not the libgc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.