CVE-2016-9011

medium

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388450

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93860

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/25/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-23

Updated: 2017-03-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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