UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-9011

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9011, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/18/9, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/libwmf-memory-allocation-failure-in-wmf_malloc-api-c, https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00015-libwmf-memalloc-wmf_malloc, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=842090;filename=libwmf-0.2.8.4-CVE-2016-9011-debian.patch;msg=10, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9011

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libwmf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu2
    0.2.8.4-10.4ubuntu1
    0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High