Out-of-Bounds Affecting wvware package, versions [,0.2.8.4]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WVWARE-2380884
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-9011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for wvware.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1