UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9011
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9011
Upstream
Published
2017-03-23T18:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:56Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libwmf

Package

Name
libwmf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libwmf@0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libwmf-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libwmf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libwmf0.2-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.8.4-10.5ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libwmf0.2-7-gtk"
        }
    ]
}