CVE-2016-9427 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the bdwgc garbage collector, affecting bdwgc_project, Debian, and OpenSUSE. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a heap buffer overflow, leading to denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution through huge memory allocations. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bdwgc_project:bdwgc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.