Security advisory

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  "id": "b4a4c12f829bd5e9e06e19740d125726c874a1d31ca11e8b897e42fb63b62427",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9427",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9427",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9427",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d8bfa89c2a9c7c86fb98acbc53b5750600b95492"
                }
              ],
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                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "7.4.4"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "gc7_4_4",
            "gc7_4_2",
            "gc6_3alpha5",
            "gc6_1",
            "gc6_0",
            "gc5_3",
            "gc5_0alpha3",
            "gc4_14",
            "gc4_14alpha1",
            "gc4_12",
            "gc4_8",
            "gc4_1",
            "gc7_4_0",
            "gc7_1",
            "gc7_3alpha2",
            "gc7_2alpha6",
            "gc7_2alpha5-20110107",
            "gc7_2alpha4",
            "gc7_2alpha2",
            "gc7_1alpha2",
            "gc7_1alpha3-20080220",
            "gc7_1alpha3-20080224",
            "gc7_0",
            "gc7_0alpha9",
            "gc7_0alpha7",
            "gc7_0alpha5",
            "gc7_0alpha4",
            "gc7_0alpha3",
            "gc7_0alpha2",
            "gc7_0alpha1",
            "gc6_4",
            "gc6_3",
            "gc6_3alpha4",
            "gc6_3alpha1",
            "gc6_2",
            "gc6_1alpha4",
            "gc4_13",
            "gc4_11",
            "gc4_10t3",
            "gc4_10"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9427.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:05.790692507Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00039.html",
        "https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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                    "introduced": "9.0"
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                  {
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "42.2"
                  },
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                ],
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              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:opensuse",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "13.2"
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9427",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380032,
  "published_at": "2016-12-12T02:59:16.84+00:00"
}