CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in bdwgc and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 11/18/2016. The weakness was published 12/12/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-9427 since 11/18/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 23 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900043 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 2016-09-27 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (900043). Similar entries are available at 94095, 94096, 94097 and 94098.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploiting
Class: Integer overflowCWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 900043
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for libgc USN-3197-1
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Upgrade: bdwgc 2016-09-27
Timeline
11/03/2016 🔍11/18/2016 🔍
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Advisory: 135Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9427 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 94407 - w3m Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 12/12/2016 09:36Updated: 10/05/2022 17:32
Changes: 12/12/2016 09:36 (59), 06/25/2019 16:49 (10), 10/05/2022 17:25 (3), 10/05/2022 17:32 (1)
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