UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9427

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9427
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9427.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9427
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Published
2016-12-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:35:17.143015Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libgc

Package

Name
libgc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgc@1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1:7.*

1:7.2d-5ubuntu1
1:7.2d-5ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc1c2",
            "binary_version": "1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc1c2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:7.2d-5ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libgc

Package

Name
libgc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgc@1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:7.*

1:7.2d-6.4
1:7.4.2-7
1:7.4.2-7.1
1:7.4.2-7.2
1:7.4.2-7.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc1c2",
            "binary_version": "1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgc1c2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:7.4.2-7.3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}