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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9427

Integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libgc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.6.4-0.3"}]}]

Debian:13 libgc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.6.4-0.3"}]}]

Debian:14 libgc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.6.4-0.3"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org