Name | CVE-2016-9011 |
Description | 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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-694-1 |
Debian Bugs | 842090 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
libwmf (PTS) | bullseye | 0.2.8.4-17 | fixed |
bookworm | 0.2.12-5.1 | fixed | |
trixie | 0.2.13-1.1 | fixed | |
forky, sid | 0.2.13-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libwmf | source | wheezy | 0.2.8.4-10.3+deb7u2 | DLA-694-1 | ||
libwmf | source | jessie | 0.2.8.4-10.3+deb8u2 | |||
libwmf | source | (unstable) | 0.2.8.4-10.6 | 842090 |
https://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
Reproducer: https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00015-libwmf-memalloc-wmf_malloc
Proposed patch: 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